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April 2010

When we lost the result of the 2007 Presidential election to APC’s Ernest Bai Koroma, now his Excellency the President, the APC wrote us off.  They gloated that we were not only down but supposedly

Introduction: More than half of the world’s population are not satisfactorily protected by law or the institutions established to govern them. The poor are in a particularly helpless position- their rights are routinely violated, they

The Polish Ambassador accredited to the Federal Republic of Nigeria H.E. Przemyslaw Niesiolowski has today Thursday April 8th informed Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria H.E. Henry O. Macauley, that, the

A few among the many lawyers I have had the opportunity to discuss the subject of ‘paralegals’ with initially seemed to have deep suspicion of paralegals and their activities. Minutes into our conversation they realise

An émigré found writing helps ease his roiling stomach. It’s an old story. An immigrant comes to America to fulfill a lifelong dream, to live in the land of milk and honey.  Then there’s the homesickness.

When the Sierra Leonean community we heard about the appointment of Mr. Jongopie Siaka Stevens as Ambassador to represent our country in this part of the world, we were very optimistic that he was going

Sierra Leone midfielder Ibrahim Kargbo has been demoted to the reserves of Dutch side Willem II Tilburg for the rest of the season for 'indiscipline'. (Photo: Kargbo has been demoted to the reserves for a

African Minerals Ltd, whose interests are in metals and diamonds in West Africa, recently announced the reaching of an agreement on the sale of a 12.5 percent stake in the company to China Railway Materials

Africa has failed to protect its water territory not only along the Somalia Coast but also in west and south. This failure has caused massive exploitation and fish grabbing from Africa by the Western and Asian

Terms of Reference and Commitment a.         Background The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) held its 2010 National Party Conference in Bo from Friday, February 26 to Sunday, February 28, 2010, attended by delegates and observers from constituencies,

“Mr. Leader, in concluding this letter, based on all of the above highlights, and your recent comments in the standing committee meetings- where you categorically stated that the PMDC seems to be incapable of managing

At a well attended ceremony on the campus of St. Francis Secondary School in Makeni, the board of governors, staff and pupils were the proud recipients of Resource Centre valued at over $150,000.00 and designed,

I read with some amusement a headline story in the African Champion newspaper of Wednesday April 7; the paper has gained notoriety for fabrication and as a pro APC and currently leading propaganda organ of

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of China is veteran APC politician, Dr. Abdul Karim Koroma (who was the longest serving education minister in the first APC government; a former foreign minister; a respected author;

WAFU President, Dr. Amos Adamu, has urged West African countries not to forget how Ghana moulded the team that won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt and went further to present almost the same