June 2010

That Sierra Leone is hosting the first gentleman of the UN family in the person of Mr. Ban-Ki Moon  is no longer news. What perhaps could be news is that he is coming at a

The Minnesota Chapter is the first Chapter to be inaugurated by Chairman Aziz Turay and his new administration. The inauguration ceremony which took place in Minnesota on Saturday May 5, 2010, was graced by the

I read a piece from the SLPP Propaganda Online tabloid – “The New People Online Newspaper” written by one of their regular contributors, the great Umaru Sitta Turay of NY, USA, which is titled “War

As we work to mitigate the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States is grateful for the offers of assistance received from seventeen countries and four international bodies in

During the Cold war era, Political Leadership of particularly the Third World countries took pleasure in travelling to conferences organized by their bilateral and multi lateral partners, regardless of the economic consequences of their respective

Journalists for Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (JABC) has on Monday 14th June 2010 met with cross sections of commissioners at the Independent Media Commission 3rd floor Kissy House Siaka Steven Street Freetown. The purpose of

A US citizen, Bishop William Lock is to establish an agricultural project for farmers in Sierra Leone. He expressed his intention at a meeting with more than 60 farmer groups, stakeholders and the Member of

Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence Anniversary Planning Committee says it is determined to make the golden jubilee a remarkable success. The Committee has come up with the theme “Sierra Leone: 50 Years Forward” for the celebration.

Article 19 has called for an end to what it describes as the “culture of impunity” surrounding attacks on journalists. The group which promotes the right to freedom of expression says journalists around the world

The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information and Communication on Wednesday 9th June 2010 paid an appraisal visit to the Independent Media Commission’s headquarters at 54 Siaka Stevens Street Freetown. The Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Hon.

The wife of the late Liberian Vice President, Enoch Dogolea has begun testifying in The Hague about circumstances surrounding the death of her husband. A prosecution witness had said Vice President Dogolea was severely flogged

The democratic emergence of President Ernest Bai Koroma in to the reign of power in 2007 saw the establishment of organizations such as the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC); Open Government Initiative (OGI); and Office

Head of Amnesty International (AI)-Sierra Leone, Brima Abdulai Sheriff has said in Freetown that the government should look back at the period dating as far back as 1961 if it should set up an inquest

A group of unidentified people dubbed as concerned Sierra Leoneans have written a letter commenting on the setting up of an inquest to look into the death of Bambay Kamara and others, executed during the

The recent publication of the highly damning report by the Department of Intelligence, Investigations and Prosecutions of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC),  into the procurement of dilapidated and non seaworthy ferries by the National Social