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May 2010

Sierra Leoneans in the State of Kuwait are planning a massive welcome for their President, H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma at the country's famous Bayan Palace, today, Monday 24th May, 2010, President of the Sierra

Journalists from across the country have committed themselves to the response against HIV/AIDS. The journalists made the commitment on Wednesday at a workshop in Bo organised jointly by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF. The

Timber exporters in the country have stressed that they cannot afford to pay the government’s new export tariff of $10,000 per container of timber. They say they have already paid the old tariff of $1,000 per

Mrs. Gloria Palmer, a member of the Task Force for the Change of Status of the Freetown Secondary school for Girls [FSSG], has stated that the motive of the owners of the school has been

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 24 May 2010 – The Justice Sector Development Programme (JSDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local Government and Rural Development (MIALGRD), starts training

Addressing a press conference held at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation Conference hall on Friday May 21sr 2010, Rev. Dr. T. T. Samba, programme manager at the Ministry of Health, disclosed that Maternal and

Over 100 women and youth activists participated in a 3-day regional peace building conference organized by CAUSE CANADA in Freetown 10-12 May, 2010 in collaboration with civil society organizations from Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire and Sierra

I have been reading with shock and dismay over the arrest of the Sierra Leoneans that have been caught with the free health drugs.  My first reaction was Sierra Leoneans WHY?  Is it Money? Is

Zain subscribers can now win 3 tickets instead of 2 at the final end of the month draw that will climax the ‘Football Promotion.’ This is good news for subscribers who have been hopeful of

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a hotel made famous by author Graham Greene has come to symbolise a country caught in a cycle of conflict and decay.  (Photo:  Reduced to rubble, The City Hotel had

When actor and philanthropist Isaiah Washington found out through DNA that his roots traced back to Sierra Leone he set off on a path to visit his ancestral home. May 22, 2006 Isaiah excitedly took his

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has said that no individual has the capacity to district his attention. (Photo: seated from L-R: Ambassador Kargbo, President Ernest Bai Koroma and Head of Chancery, Haja Fatmata Binta Wurie) “Since

A group of football stakeholders in the Africell sponsored premier league have ask the chairman of the premier league board to resign his post as chairman of the board. The stakeholders came up with this

Female Cricketers in Sierra Leone have started training for the North-West Africa Cricket council NWACC) female tournament in Gambia August 2010. The tournament was first schedule to take place in Gambia Last December 2009. But

Leadership comes directly from the Almighty God and nothing more than that. It could be political, as in the case of a party leader or religious, as in the head of a church. From the