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December 2012

With elections gone and President Ernest Bai Koroma reelected for another five years term in office, we keep reading autopsies on why the President won, why the opposition flag bearer (not the leader by the

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has the mandate of strengthening the knowledge and capacity of adolescents and young women and men who suffer from difficulties in accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services.

Addis Ababa, 29 November 2012 The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr. Erastus Mwencha met, today, with Ambassador Ilunga Ngandu, Special Envoy of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) H.E. Joseph

Addis Ababa, 29 November 2012: The Ministerial Meeting of the Third Session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Social Development (CAMSD3) opens today Thursday 29 November 2012, at the African Union Headquarters in Addis

As we read this piece, the Chinese people must be going through some sort of political transition, moving from one political administration to another. This transition will see a new set of political leaders assuming

On Friday November 23, 2012, the former nun, Dr. Christiana Thorpe announced that Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma had won the November Presidential elections with 58.7% of valid votes cast. APC supporters were jubilant; international observers

Over the past few years, there has been a wave of protests against injustices perpetrated by some mining companies imported to this country.  Landowners in Sahn Malen, Pujehun District have been protesting against the Socfin

The Minister of Information and Communication, Ibrahim Ben-Kargbo (in photo) has called on Sierra Leone’s oldest and leading opposition party, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), to reconsider their stand-off over refusing to participate in

It is an unchallenged fact that the Sierra Leone Teachers Union SLTU is one of the richest and most academic unions in Sierra Leone but many teachers contributing monthly to the union have started questioning the necessity

The people of Sierra Leone after a display of patriotism and nationalism at the November polls, that resulted in global admiration and appreciation of peaceful and democratic elections are at this moment disappointed at the

In a bid to address the poor sanitary issues cause by disease, filth and dirty water, the Sierra Leone Social Aid Volunteer (SLSAV) over the weekend engaged the people of Lungi in the need for

The main and currently aggrieved opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) appear to be always disobeying the popular saying that prevention is better than cure.  The party seems to be always closing the stable after

Mohamed Hady Jalloh (in photo) and sister Binta Jalloh, formerly of 77 Kissy Road, Freetown, have become victims of land grabbing and are currently being hunted by their uncle Mr. Jalloh who has been desperately

Peoples Award Volunteer Organization (PAVO) a non-profitable and non-political organization which aims to transform the mindset of academia and youths in Sierra Leone for a better future, are to hold a series of national debates in

Abdulai Kamara, a renowned gay activist of the famous ‘Gay for Life’ organization has been in hiding for fear of angry community members who called him a disciple of an unholy gay syndicate. Abdulai of 2