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September 2015

Now that the bye-elections are fast approaching, we are calling on all political parties to behave in a civilized fashion and allow the elections to be transparent and violent-free. We are making this call because

Report from Kailahun, Eastern Sierra Leone, reveals that a fourteen-year-old girl has died after being allegedly gang raped and assaulted by three suspects who are now in custody helping the police in their investigation. Sources from

Religious leaders, who comprise Christian Action Group (Christag) and Islamic Action Group (Islag), have presented to FOCUS 1000 a report on their activities from April to September 2015. (Photo: Alhaji Mohamed Bailor Jalloh – CEO,

Sierra Leone’s most outstanding afro-beat musician, Emmerson Bockarie, in a recent report to the SEM, is said to have excelled again as the first Sierra Leonean musician that has been invited and performed in a

The Principal of the Sierra Leone Muslim Community Secondary School at Low Cost site 2, Ibrahim Sorie Sesay, is urgently appealing to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Minkailu Bah (in photo), to

Sources reaching SEM have revealed that The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), has embarked on a nationwide sensitization of people in the informal sector economy, such as petty traders, Bike riders, fishermen, and

The verdict by the Supreme Court Judges against Sam Sumana did not come as a surprise to many political analysts of Sierra Leone, which is fast becoming, if not already, a country of political patronage,

The Resident Minister North, Alie D. Kamara, is reported to have overturned the decision of the Paramount Chief of Diang Chiefdom, Koinadugu District, Sheku Magba Koroma, to illegally depose his Speaker, Mohamed Jawara.  (Photo: Resident

Long before the passing of the historic anti-Sumana verdict, we were expecting such a verdict considering the high level of dependence of our judiciary and the considering the fact that the Sumana defense team seemed

It is disheartening to note the alarming rate of heinous crimes against women in our society today, the reason being that women of Sierra Leone, despite anything to contrary, are architects of the fortunes of

Residents of Kenema City have raised grave concern over the deplorable road network in the city and its environs.  (Photo: Aziz Abdul Kamara, Director-General, Sierra Leone Roads Authority(SLRA) Abdulai Mento Kamara) They raised the concern during

Civil Society Platform on Political Governance has in a recent report raised concerns over the manner in which citizens from the Diaspora are being appointed into positions of trust and other sensitive sectors of governance

It has been revealed to this press that a popular local Non Governmental Organization, known as Dorothy Springer Trust, in Sierra Leone, has in its recent meeting disclosed to journalists that there are more opportunities

Parrot was perching on one of the chairs right in front of the Resident Minister, North, Alie Gbenketay Kamara, in his well-decorated office when a very beautiful lady, Hawa Turay, breezed into the office in

As I used to say, many of us do not really want to talk or write much about politics at this point in time because politics is not the only suitable topic to discuss on