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January 2010

Following the signing of the Joint Declaration on 15 January 2010, a high level Delegation of the International Contact Group on Guinea comprising the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of

Political representation in governance is a social contract between the governors and the governed.  I have observed for years, the way politics is being practiced in Sierra Leone, with specific reference to the aspect of

At last it is going to happen. The President of the Republic his Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is expected to visit Kailahun some time in early February. I hope the visit will incorporate as

Sixteen International companies flock in as African Minerals $3 Billion Investment Takes Off The long awaited and first of its kind mining project in Sierra Leone involving the biggest iron ore mining company - African

At State Lodge today, President Koroma received the United States’ predominantly women’s group, ONE, a gender-advocacy organization comprising of  70% women and 30% men from all walks of life in America and primarily addressing matters

The case between the State and Sheku Tejan Koroma, former Minister of Health and Sanitation has closed pending judgement, after five witnesses from the prosecution and three from the defence testified in High Court. (Photo:

Splash, a mobile money transfer system has on the 19th January 2010 established a partnership with Comium. Speaking at the launching of Splash Money Transfer System, the commercial director Mr. Joe Amara Bangali (Jnr) said

One could understand why the ruling APC government even after months of accomplishment sings so much a song about the completion of the Bumbuna Hydro electric project, squarely the project is inarguably one of Sierra

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) which is one of specialized agencies of the World Bank Group has issued a guarantee to the Sierra Investment Fund LLC (SIF) of Mauritius via fund manager Manocap LLC

President Ernest Bai Koroma today received in audience at State Lodge the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Mohamann Osman, who is in the country to update the President and other stakeholders on developments within the

In Chinua Achebe's award winning short story, 'Surviving The Peace', a man who has been able to survive the war, dodging government troops and rebel forces and even keeping his old Flying Pigeon bicycle intact

Truth be said, the APC/PMDC alliance was neither planned nor even was it an anticipated political strategy. It was and remains a marriage of convenience, decided upon at the last moment to avoid a third

The growth and development of a country must be linked to the infrastructural development, especially its road network. When a country has good road network, it is bound to experience economic growth. Take for instance;

The deputy Minister of Information and Communication Saidata Sesey had at a news conference made a vicious attack on the Chairman of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), accusing him among other things of being

After the dishing out of the covetous national prized awards to citizens that have invariably contributed to the development of the country, the first indigenous group of Sierra Leoneans to engage in national development cohesive