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August 2011

They’re out of touch - We’re a society that knows how to apply for a job. The challenge for employment seekers today is to become proficient at finding work. That’s a much more complicated process

Mr. Amos Coker (in photo), Financial Attaché of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Addis Ababa was officially presented to the home based and local staff at the Chancery on Monday 22nd August 2011 by Sierra

THE Polokwane municipality has expressed shock at the sudden change of heart by Safa in deciding to take Bafana Bafana's final 2012 Afcon qualifier against Sierra Leone to Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.  (Photo: NO PAY,

Charterhouse, a renowned Ghanaian marketing and event management firm, has lined up the giants of Nigerian stand up comedians to face their Sierra Leonean counterparts in a concert dubbed `a night of 1001 laughs and

Award winning rapper LAJ (Alhaji Bankaria Bah) has cut short his European tour and recording of upcoming projects to observe the Holy month of Ramadan. The ‘Money Na Bank’ star tells Salonejamboree that the Holy month

Even as President, he was not a fan of talking to the local media.  Whether he was right on this or not, President Kabbah’s core principle was to keep journalists at bay, except for those

Mr. Idiot’s attention is drawn to disturbing happenings recently observed in the political showground of this country. He is practically not happy with the behaviours of some politicians, especially those who’ve been occupying studios of radio

Country Director of Plan Sierra Leone, Mr. Augustine Allieu, has revealed plans to help combat the high rate of poverty against children in Sierra Leone. In a ‘one on one chart’ with our reporter, Augustine Allieu

Once again a desperate humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa has caught the attention of the world at large. Vast swaths of the region, and in particular, Somalia, have been in the grip of a

The sexual assault case against former IMF boss, Dominic Strauss-Khan, was dismissed in a NY court. A case that has attracted global attention, and saturated with emotional reactions from around the world. A pair of

The United Nation Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Implementation Review Mechanism ensures compliance and implementation of the UNCAC resolution 58/4 by state parties to the Convention, Sierra Leone will be one of the countries to be

Nazareth, 22 August 2011- From 22- 24 August, the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission, in close collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), is holding a brainstorming

London, August 2011. Standard Chartered PLC has announced a ninth successive record first half of profit with income growing by 11 per cent* to US$8.76 billion as profit climbed 17 per cent to US$3.64 billion.

A team of United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) from the Joint Support and Coordination Mechanism based in Addis Ababa on Friday 19th August paid a condolence visit on Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the

WAM Dubai, Aug. 23rd, 2011 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has initialed an "open" Air Services Agreement (ASA) and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with