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October 2011

The dust is just beginning to settle on the Gaddaffi saga; or better still, it is taking a new life of its own.  But that has not deterred the conspiracy theorists to present a balance

It has been a busy year for MINK London, the UKs leading makeup resource for women of colour. The award winning makeup agency and school has been responsible for the makeup seen on the stages

The training session for the Airtel Rising Stars kicked off today at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.  Billy Miller, the head coach of the Airtel Rising Stars football clinic and his team in

As a urologist in practice for 20 years in Lewiston, I have had a significant interest in treating conditions that cause incontinence. In the United States, most incontinence is related to the aging process, and

Soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Brigade at Teko Barracks (in photo) in Northern Sierra Leone on Friday October 28th, 2011 surrendered themselves to the new foot soldiers of President Ernest Bai Koroma’s ‘Agenda for Change’. This

UNIDO Director General, Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella was keynote speaker at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. where he delivered remarks in honor of United Nations Week addressing the role

Jusu Jaka Yawmah (in photo), a Sierra Leonean living in Ghana, and one of the country’s most young talented poets has illuminated his brilliance once more by sharing another of his insightful and soul searching

The once dilapidated, deprived Tombo fishing Community School, which was adopted and rehabilitated by Airtel, continues to receive the promises made one year ago by this noble institution.  (Photo: Corporate Affairs Manager June-Rose Johnson presenting

Haja Aminata Kabba-Kamara is well-known in the Calaba Town Community and even beyond.  Aside from having a home that is strategically located in the area – conspicuous, exotic and known by everyone as ‘American Compound,’

The Airtel Rising Stars football clinic started off in grand style as former Manchester United great, Bryan Robson kick-started the Manchester United football clinic at Dar es Salaam beach front Karembezi Arena. For Sierra Leonean

Christian Stadil (photo), the Chief Executive Officer of Hummel, the world’s sixth largest sporting brand, will jet into Freetown on Sunday 30th October 2011 to pay a visit to follow up on the tremendous progress Hummel has made so

Just after lunchtime on Wednesday a small crowd gathered at Lungi to bid a fond farewell to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the finale of an historic royal visit to Sierra Leone. Her

In a bid to curb the spate of human rights violations against defenseless prisoners in Sierra Leone, top executive members of the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat, Dr. Ivan Ajibola Thomas and Mrs. Nanette

Stakeholders around the world have in unison observed the month of October 2011 as Breast Cancer Month, with a mission to raise awareness on Breast Cancer through quality education on the disease itself, teaching self

The Sierra Leone Government staged an Investment Conference in London titled “Working in Partnership” which was attended by over 100 investment professionals on Thursday 20th October. The Conference was hosted by the High Commissioner and