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September 2011

It’s no gainsaying that party politics is conspicuously invading developmental strides in Sierra Leone. Discreet canvassing of voters is fastly becoming a way of life for politicians themselves consequently negating their moral bounds. There is more

The Sierra Leone Reporters Union (SLRU) condemns the recent attack on journalists at the National Stadium while performing their duty to cover an international football fixture between Sierra Leone and Egypt last weekend by Presidential

From Bai Bureh Road in the east to Goderich in the far west, the same cry is heard all over the city: too many potholes on major streets of  Freetown. These potholes have been neglected for

LOS ANGELES – 384 semi-professional and amateur soccer players representing 20 African countries were featured in the first ever African Community Soccer Tournament that saw Sierra Leone’s  ‘Leone Stars’  defeat Cameroon’s  ‘L.A. Lions’  team 2-1

Swarming laughter filled the air at the Miatta Conference Hall, Brookfields, as the Nigerian comedians in combination with our own home born comedians cracked the ribs of Sierra Leoneans with hilarious jokes.   (Photo: Airtel Staff

Japan's economic bubble burst twenty years ago. Since then the country suffered weak growth and what became known as, "the lost decade". In recent weeks, a dominant question has been whether the US and European

UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Marta Vieira Da Silva, five-time FIFA world female player of the year, ended a two-day visit to Sierra Leone Sunday to promote women's empowerment with the message "When women succeed, we all

Skye Bank plc has been implicated in N3 billion frauds.  The bank was accused by Top News Nigeria of swimming in troubled waters. “Barely weeks after stories went to town that its Managing Director, Durosimi-Etti risk

The government of Sierra Leone under the guise of the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee will in two/three weeks from now appear in the Ecowas court for failing to honour the balance of  50% payment of

In reaction to what is described as a swift enforcement of the Copyright Act 2011, by a Task force of musicians and stakeholders of the Cassette Sellers Association, considerable number of entertainment product sellers Thursday

The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is produced by the country’s legislated statistical institution - Statistic Sierra Leone- is reportedly coming under fire and has allegedly been banned by the government of President Koroma. 

London Mining recently played host to the highly respected independent Civil Society Organization, the Coalition of Civil Society and Human Rights Activists Sierra Leone (CCSHRA) during a field visit at areas where the company operation. 

I, the Idiot, am sick and tired of nonsensical promises of those who say are politicians anyway. Though an Idiot, I was left to ponder over woeful and failing promises coming from leaders of political parties

The traffic division of the Sierra Leone Police, a force that regards itself as a force for good, is a huge disappointment in the sense that that division has failed the expectation of many road

Freetown – Two plain-clothed policemen attached to the Presidential Guards at State House on Saturday 3 September 2011 severely beat up four journalists leaving one of them in a state of comatose. The two assailants