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Author: Roland Bankole Marke - USA

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I got an unholy wake up call at the small hours of Saturday 14th December. In a riot of being half asleep and juggling to reach the handset,

Dr. Jasmine Renner (in photo),  a born native of Sierra Leone, Barrister and Solicitor and tenured Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University in the United States, was

Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, woke up Friday morning 9th August to heartbreaking painful tragedy caused by landslide, precipitated by heavy torrential rain that plagues this West

In Sierra Leone, solar lights are being installed around the country and extended to some provincial towns as well.  But what is happening to the National Power Authority

Save the Children International, a non profit making organization, registered in England and Wales, last year launched the ‘Mamie en Pekin Welbodi Worker Award’ to showcase the profile

Last year an editor assigned me to review Chinua Achebe’s 20 books. Some of which I’ve not even read and that’s the reason why I started the project,

In today’s global economy, tertiary education and practical training play a pivotal role and could help a poor nation like Sierra Leone assert its economic independence and complete

Today, who would think that African women are backward or subservient? Indeed, they have evolved from playing more traditional and cultural roles to relatively impressive, if not enviable

One of the greatest legendary icons of Soul/R& B music, and pop music in general, 68 year-old Aretha Franklin is in the fight of her life with pancreatic