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September 2016

‘I am heartened our biggest achievement has been the impact we have had on ordinary people who before now have no institution to turn to for help. These days, when people are faced with a

Madrugar, a prominent club at Fourah Bay College has named popular lawyer and humanitarian, Abu Bakarr Turay Lawyer of the Year in their just concluded Awards Night held in Freetown.   (Photo: Lawyer Abu Bakarr S.

The Kallons are a brave family. They were all infected by the Ebola virus at the peak of the outbreak in Daru town, 36 miles from Kailahun, the eastern-most district of Sierra Leone. They fought

The perception held by some media critics concerning the operations of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited is contrary to normal expectation. As Sierra Leoneans we must bear in mind that Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL)

The Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice will launch the ‘Scaling Up Access to Justice Leaving No One Behind’ campaign at an elaborate

Popular Sierra Leonean film actor, Desmond Finney, has been invited by Affrinity Production to witness the first ever Special Movie Awards scheduled for 30th September 2016 in The Gambia. (Photo: Actor Desmond Finney with his

Sierra Leone’s first ever table tennis paralympian athlete - George Wyndham, is bringing to the forefront disability issues on a global platform, as he sets forth to represent the country’s paralympic Table Tennis Division in

Violence is now like a tradition among young people in Sierra Leone, This is very worrisome as it is affecting our effort towards enhancing quality education for children. And it is also affecting our economy

Chelsea Football Fans have praised disabled children in Sierra Leone for supporting the North London outfit. This revelation was made by the founder and Chief Executive Director, Disabled International Foundation Sierra Leone/UK, (DIF-SIL), Madam Imambay Kadie

Center for Promotion of Inclusive Education held its 3rd annual teachers' training workshop in the Northern chiefdom of Tambakha Hundreds of teachers, students, and other stakeholders gathered as CPIE held its 3rd annual teachers' workshop and

The death is reported of Omu Barrie on July 29th, 2016 at her residence at Lumley in Freetown.  Ms. Omu Barrie has been fighting with cancer for two years, but passed away peacefully after three

Mr. Chuku Paul aged 73 years passed away today, Sunday, 4th September, 2016 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He will be sadly missed by his wife Rebecca Paul (nee Isatu Conteh), sons Felix, Wilfred Ola Tunde, Chukwu

Because of the very high stakes involved, politics anywhere in the world is full of skullduggery and character assassination.  (Photo:  Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara) Just imagine the very unfriendly exchange of words between the Democrats Hilary Clinton

In a bid to resolve the recent crises in Kabala district, stakeholders  in the district past Saturday 27th august 2016 ended a stakeholders meeting held at the district council hall in the headquarter town of

Being a researcher and an experienced media writer, I have been unavoidably tempted to take a look at the advantage of eating chicken. Chicken was once a rare commodity in Sierra Leone, now it is