When thousands of ministers, scientists and activists descended on the Mexican resort town of Cancún for another gruelling round of talks on climate change last December, there was little of the debate about the science
A Women’s Technology Delegation, sent to Sierra Leone and Liberia by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to analyze technology’s role in empowering women and girls, finds that women are leading the way in West
Kenema - March 26, 2011: All Journalists/Media Personnel, especially SLAJ Members and the Public are informed that an attempt by the Umaru Fofana faction of the SLAJ National Executive to fraudulently and criminally overpopulate the
When the world’s biggest retail company, US-based Walmart, bought a majority stake in South Africa’s Massmart — also a retail company — for a staggering $2.5 billion last year, eyebrows were raised. Foreign
A luxury commuter bus pulls up by the kerb to pick up passengers. A young woman quickly jumps in, retrieves a smart card from her wallet and swipes it against a machine next to the
New York March 24, 2011 - Since he was appointed Sierra Leone’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in November, veteran politician Hon. Joseph Bandabla Dauda had been so busy promoting and canvassing
Minnows Botswana secured their first ever Africa Cup of Nations place on Saturday when beating Chad 1-0 in Group K of the 2012 qualifiers. (Photo: Moses Chavula scored the only goal of the game
Prices of basic commodities continue to rise thereby raising a standing advantage in the country’s economic war front. The penury stricken masses continue to hold the belief that unemployment, heavy taxations and inflation have all
Reports reaching this paper indicate that approximately twenty six persons from both the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have left their parties and joined the National Democratic
Tomorrow, 26 March 2011, is the big day when members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) will elect a new executive that will steer its activities for the next two years. (Photo: Adeyemi
Josiah John has told this paper that on December 21 last year he was involved in a gruesome road accident with the vehicle of Mrs. Mary Kai Sandy, the wife of Dr Dennis Sandy, (in
The President of Multi Religious Council in Sierra Leone, Bishop Christian R.A. Cole, has advised members of the Disabled Union in Freetown to be calm and patient whilst Government considers solving their accommodation problems and
Reports received by this paper indicate that the newly elected Chairman of the West District of the Sierra Leones Peoples Party (SLPP), Mr. John Bakie Sao Tucker, has threatened to drag his party to Court
Freetown 25th March 2011 — After its recent acquisition of Zain Sierra Leone and others in 15 African countries, airtel’s Chief Executive Officer for Anglophone Africa Jayant Khosla made his third visit to Sierra Leone
I congratulate the Government of Sierra Leone for taking the bold step of creating websites for almost all Government Ministries, Institutions, Secretariats and Commissions. Some of us living in the Diaspora and at home have
