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April 2010

Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has called for international support to boost the government of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. (Photo:  The High Commissioner, HE Edward Mohamed Turay receiving a gift from

History was made this weekend and standards were raised in Texas when Hope International church, a three-month old baby in the eyes of the Lord, largely with a Sierra Leonean congregation spearheaded a partnership with

Notwithstanding the series of corruption cases levied against some ministers in his government, President Ernest Koroma has a healthy respect for his ministers and has recently made this known to them. According to highly placed State

I believe the New People newspaper online is becoming increasingly unpopular in making headline-grabbing publications about government officials of the APC party. Unsubstantiated, unwarranted and slanderous publications of President Koroma and his officials is not

Freetown, April 26: The third edition of the SLAJ Monthly Symposium will be held on Friday, 30th April 2010 at 9:00 AM at the association’s conference hall at 56 Campbell Street, Freetown. The association wishes

Dear Editors: I thank you very much for performing a patriotic duty by publishing my letter in your highly esteemed newspapers thereby bringing to the attention of the government the mess of some of our

Recent press reports saying that ‘secret’ documents belonging to the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative were stolen are completely untrue and are rejected by both the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative and the Government of

The race for the 2012 elections has just started and names have continued to emerge, especially from within the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s party. I recently met with one of those trying to win

Contrary to law, holders of Sierra Leone Government diplomatic passports are closely scrutinized by foreign embassy staff, especially the United Kingdom, whenever government officials are traveling to these countries. The British High Commission in Freetown is

Parliament on Thursday 18th March 2010 ratified the Finance Agreement Act 2010 for the Regional Fisheries programme between Sierra Leone and the International Development Association (ADA). The Act is part of the financing agreement concerning West

As the nation celebrates her 49th independence anniversary, Sierra Leoneans both at home and the Diasporas should thank God for the trials, tribulations and multitude of blessings the country continues to experience. (Photo: Joseph Sherman,

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed he has cirrhosis of the liver and needs regular medical check-ups.   (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan is treated like royalty in India) Bachchan, 67, is teetotal but writing on his blog he

LOS ANGELES - Despite his record-breaking success in music for 60 years, Quincy Jones says his proudest achievement is his seven children and six grandchildren. Jones talked about his life and music career during an hourlong

British plus size hip hop dancer Kymberlee Jay found fame after being hand-picked by Madonna to appear in promo videos. Predictably, her striking appearance and unconventional dancer's physique simultaneously inspired women and sparked controversy in the

Ghana defender John Pantsil returned to Fulham's starting team on Sunday for the first time since breaking his ankle in December.  (John Pantsil played his first official game for Fulham since December) The 28-year-old's return in