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June 2017

African waters are powerful magnets for illegal and unregulated foreign fishing operations It was midnight on 14 December 2016, when five fishermen in Tombo village near Freetown in Sierra Leone  revved up a small outboard engine 

The Programme Manager, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Dr. Yakuba Madina Bah has said that due to the Mass Drugs Administration for neglected tropical diseases, Sierra Leone is on the elimination stage of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic

Reports gathered from Freetown say, Sierra Leone's most popular comedian, Momoh Ranka died last night at the Magburaka Government hospital after suffering from a protracted illness that kept him in hospital for over six months. In

Illuminating Ladies, an organisation of young female graduates on Saturday 17th June 2017 donated 50 bags of cement worth Le2.65M to the Maranatha Primary School at Tree Planting, Leicester Road in Freetown.  (Photo: Cross section

I know that man is vicious by nature and that he can only be tamed and kept under control in a strict society of law and order. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle once said:" Man, when compared

Competent sources have revealed that the football legend, Kama Dumbuya who passed away June 17th, 2017 in Freetown will receive a civic funeral to be attended by top government officials, MPs and the general populace

If you listened to excited Sierra Leoneans who watched the Leone Stars beat Liberia's Lone Stars 2-0 in Freetown in 1971, you would have heard. BORBOR, KAMA MAKE THE PAVILION LING TIDAY. It is one of

1)  The name, Sierra Leone which is derived from the Portuguese language, Sierra Luoa, is fake and has nothing to do with our history and does not represent any aspect of our culture. It means

The Parliamentary oversight committee on Local Government and Rural Development has on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th June, 2017 during their routine inspection of district and city councils revealed that the Kailahun district council was

Heavy Trucks And Trailers To Pay Le 780,000 And Le973,000 The ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) party through the Project Management Unit of the ministry of Youth Affairs has finally released the prices of the Wellington

16-year old young man, Junior Idrissa Conteh "Atomic Pen" 14th June 2017 received his official badge from Harvard University to attend this year's Congress of Future Scientists and Technologists which will  held at Harvard University

MSM Thrill is a Nigerian hip hop duo from Lagos State, consisting of rapper/ singer Kelly Vinelly (Momodu Kelly) and rapper, singer/ producer Bobby (Momodu Robertson) it was formed in 2012 and became official 2015,

Her Majesty The Queen will present a Queen’s Young Leaders Award to two exceptional young people from Sierra Leone at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday 29th June. The Award celebrates inspiring young

The government of Sierra Leone under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, sometimes this year passed into law ‘’the local content Policy’’ The bill was overwhelmingly supported and endorsed by both members of

Peaceful transfer of power trending on the continent As the results of The Gambia’s presidential election trickled in last December, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh realised his power was slipping away. Indeed, final results showed that a