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March 2018

The Chief National Returning Officer of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), NFA Alie Conteh, has just announced the first 25% of the total presidential votes cast in the March 7th 2018 Elections. The All People's

9 March 2018 - The Results So Far only Portray our Ethnic Compositions and Clannish Thinking. (Photo: Idrissa Conteh, author) Total number of parliamentary seats: 132 APC wins 71 SLPP 45 NGC 3 C4C 7 Independent 6 Total - 132 seats My prediction

It has come to the notice of the National Telecommunications Commission  v(NATCOM) that the Social Media is awash with audio and video clips purporting that the Commission entered the premises of the collation center of

The APC has reportedly won 25 out of 28 seats in the Western Urban and Western Rural Areas. All the seats in Bombali, Tonkokili, Koinadugu and Port Loko districts have been won by the APC. The SLPP

New York, 8 March 2018 - We are at a pivotal moment for women’s rights. The historical and structural inequalities that have allowed oppression and discrimination to flourish are being exposed like never before. From

The newly elected Village Head, of the Rokel Village, Madam Julianna Williams over the weekend engaged community stakeholders at the Rokel Community Center, Check Point Junction, the meeting attracted various groups in the village in

It is a very sad state of affairs that on the eve of our general elections in Sierra Leone, we are saddled with a series of constitutional crisis. This begs the question as to our

Sierra Leone’s saving grace is that God, who is cooking our communal soup, has not left the kitchen. Believe me, it does not matter who emerges as president in next week’s elections, we are in for

The 32nd Mobile World Congress 2018 opened in L’HOSPITALET de Llobregat at Fira de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain. Under the theme “Better Future”, the event was organized by the Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA),

Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister 1, Madam Madina Rahman has officially launched and introduce the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in to the routine immunization campaign on Friday February 23, 2018 at the Wilberforce Community Health

Why natural resource governance should take centre stage in Sierra Leone’s 2018 elections The ancient ford truck belched black smoke on the highway as it laboured with its heavy load towards Freetown. Chunks of rough-hewn tree

Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara is aptly described as a versatile and well-travelled diplomat and an economist, a selfless politician and a God fearing personality full of respect for elders and constituted authority. He equally

In days old, alchemists claimed they could mix simple compounds to make pure gold. Today in Sierra Leone, under the noses of our people, a new alchemist breed has emerged. They are called international NGOs.

The President has pronounced that the National Emergency Ambulance Services will ensure each chiefdom has at least an ambulance and advised all to use the ambulances for it intended purposes. President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma made

In what many refer to as a David versus Goliath battle, five political parties including National Democratic Alliance (NDA), National Progressive Democrats (NPD), United National Peoples Party (UNPP), National Unity and Reconciliation Party (NURP) and