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May 2013

The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Mustapha Atila has reiterated that the National Commission for Persons with Disability was not set up by the APC government to offer gifts or handouts;

Latest report reaching the press says one Mr Prince Williams has seriously beaten his wife Mrs. Christiana Williams. The reports add that Prince Williams beat his wife because she was supporting the current headman of Bureh

On Saturday 25th May, 21013Airtel’s 50 meter backbone tower at Port Loko market collapsed due to bad weather caused by the combined force of heavy wind, rain and lightning.  Fortunately, there were no casualties due

Constituency 112 zonal football competition comprising 16 community clubs which commenced on the 12th May, 2013 at MAFA field has reached its semi final stage. The four giant zonal teams are Lower Juba, Regent Road, Kondi

Thursday May 23rd 2013 was not a pleasant day for the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara (in photo). Reports say he was about to board a flight to Vienna, Austria, when

Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda is the latest African to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Mr. Ntaganda faces several counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including the rape, murder,

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Pilgrimage, Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar yesterday received Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs, Honourable Moijueh Kaikai and team at the Hajj Ministry in down town Jeddah. The

Interview with Ahmad Alhendawi, UN youth envoy Ahmad Alhendawi was appointed in January as the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on youth who will be the voice of young people all over the world. In his Five-Year Agenda,

Marrakesh, 27 May 2013 –Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013, released here

An overwhelming number of journalists, television producers, and members of the New York Caribbean Press Corp seeking advance media accreditation and information on upcoming annual reggae and rhythm and blues Groovin In The Park (GITP)

In Hawassa City in southern Ethiopia, 250 kilometres from the capital Addis Ababa, 24-year-old Mitike Paulos, her younger sister and three friends are busy producing leather bags and belts for sale. Mitike and her sister

The international delegates representing both the public and private sectors will meet on 4 - 8 November 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda, for the ICT4Ag conference. The objective of this event, which is co-hosted by the

MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 28, 2013/ -- The African Development Bank Group (http://www.afdb.org) and The Gambia, on May 28, 2013 in Marrakech, signed a USD 26.6 million protocol agreement to boost the agricultural production and food

BBOXX, the leading name in the solar industry has been named the best enterprise in the United Kingdom.  It is of no doubt that solar systems are now accepted solutions for power provision all over