FREETOWN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone authorities have arrested 39 protesters in the south of the West African nation, following tensions between the local population and a unit of international agro-investor Socfin . The locals
I have been working with the Media Literacy Project www.medialiteracyproject.org for the past 7 weeks and as I participate in the different campaigns particularly those focused on media justice, this opportunity allowed me to step
Johannesburg / Hamburg, 12 October 2011. Today, 550 members from 61 countries are working together to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy in urban and rural Africa in order to improve peoples’ livelihoods and to
The New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) concluded its five day celebration as part of its 10th year anniversary commemoration in New York Tuesday. Adopted in Lusaka, Zambia in 2001, NEPAD is an African Union
Corporate, Social Safety and Community Relations department of African Minerals (SL) Ltd. has engaged primary and secondary school pupils, teachers and head teachers in their latest strategy to promote safety measures and increase awareness around
The decades old misunderstandings among stakeholders of the transport sector that have been impeding national development have start seeing headway after the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) converged actors yesterday for an objective dialogue at
Sequel to newspaper reports that the local ‘kamajor’ militia is regrouping for 2012, in which both the Resident Minister South and the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security were entangled is now seen as
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – While most of Major League Soccer was taking a well-deserved breather last weekend, Kei Kamara was witness to one of the most bizarre events in world soccer's recent history. Sierra Leone
The Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Allieu Ibrahim Kanu, who doubles as Executive Director of Sierra Leone Institute of International Law has said in Freetown that the International
It seems Sierra Leoneans have been preoccupied with local politics ever since the violent incident took place last month in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone. The people have been so engrossed in the SLPP-APC debacle that not
Mothers Helping Mothers-Germany-Sierra Leone- in collaboration with Love One Another Campaign Sierra Leone concluded a three day seminar on business plans and ethics. The seminar which attracted some 40 beneficiaries was held at the headquarter office
The headquarter auditorium hall of NASSIT got burnt yesterday 11th. In an interview with the Public Affairs Manager, Osman Foday Koroma, he said the fire started at approximately 9:15 a.m. at a time all the
Ex-Central Bank Governor, J.D. Rogers (in photo) has arguably pointed out that the on-going Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) programme initiated by the APC government was copied from the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper two (PRSP2)
President-elect of the Sierra Leone Traditional Healers Union (SLTHU), Alhaji Sulaiman Kabba, has expressed the need to put a halt to ongoing habitual ritual killings in the country particularly when elections are near. He said ritual
It was bewilderment in minds of all, especially foreign nationals, shortly after a street in the central business district of Freetown was flooded with unclean water owing to hours of downpour of rain. Ecowas Street, situated
