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November 2011

Djiboutithis month will send 850 peacekeepers to support an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia while Sierra Leone will send the same number from the middle of next year.  A spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping

A sum totaling Le 880 M offered the Sierra Leone government in March of 2008 by Milestone Trading Limited, for the construction of a market in Freetown, is reportedly embezzled by officials of the Ministry

In the last four years we have had to contend with poor leadership culminated with poor judgments, innovations and visions thereby causing the country to sink deeper into economic crisis. The reason I say so is

Mr. Leisure Anneiru Briamah, a registered nurse, who also doubles as the matron of Kissy Mental Home Hospital has told this press that there are over one hundred patients admitted at the hospital with less

A prisoner  serving a jail sentence at the maximum Pademba road prison has revealed to this medium that facilities available at the Central Prison yard are below international standards. He said breakfast served contained considerable

As if in a lecture room, the appointed Chairman of the Sierra Leone Conference on Development and Reformation, Herbert M’cleod, in a clear-cut term schooled the Idiot of the essence of the conference nonetheless.  (Photo;

In the year 2008, precisely on ednesday 19 March, a cheque in the sum of eight hundred and eighty million leones was presented to President Koroma at State House. A trading company going by the

The English Football Association confirmed on Friday that it will appeal against Wayne Rooney’s red card and three match ban he received playing against Montenegro last month. England went into the game needing just a

Mr Tubman says fraud marred the first round of voting, but international observers disagree.  The opposition candidate in this week's presidential run-off in Liberia, Winston Tubman, has said he will not take part. He was

The popular Nollywood actor was greeted by a crowd outside the Ikeja High Court in Lagos Nigerian comic actor Babatunde Omidina, popularly known by his stage name Baba Suwe, has been freed on bail in

Following the submission of the Kelvin Lewis report on the September 9th Bo incident, culprits (sizeable number of civilians) were arraigned to the court on charges of arson, riotous conducts etc; with no police officer

As Liberians brace for the November 8th Presidential runoff elections, opposition Political Parties are cross carpeting to the incumbent Unity Party whilst dozens of organizational groups are also busy pledging their loyalty and willingness to

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Christopher Reeve.   (Photo: Alim Kamara with his award) Tuned into the news on an early August morning

Ghana will play Sierra Leone and Gabon in international friendlies.  The Ghana Football Association says the games will take place in Paris where the Black Stars are gathering to utilise the international break. Sierra Leone, who run

Then, all of a sudden, there was a reality check. Weah’s political experience and academic qualifications, among others were hotly debated. They were examined under a microscope. And like the proverbial cat with nine lives,