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June 2011

Aggrieved workers attached to the National Stadium in the Ministry of Youth, Employment and Sports are currently hatching plans for tougher industrial strike action anytime from now. (Photo: Mr. Paul Kamara, Minister of Youth Employment and

Democracy Sierra Leone (DSL), a local partner ensuring the observance of the principles of democracy in the country, has concluded a successful consultative forum geared towards discussing a road-map for the youths of Kono District. The

After FC Kallon’s 2-0 victory against FCFC on Wednesday at the National Stadium, the focus of attention now has turned on this crucial weekend`s fixtures in the Western Area and the Provinces respectively. In the

 Airtel, 2010 award winning Telecommunications Company is keeping up to its corporate social responsibilities as they remain committed to enhancing quality education in Sierra Leone. The adoption of the REC Tombo community school, still remains

Sierra Leonean and AIK Slona prolific strikers Mohamed Bangura alias Pobosky and Ibrahim Bangura alias Teteh continue to excel as they scored one goal each to give their club a 2-0 victory over Malmo FF

The media fraternity in Sierra Leone received news of the brutal death of an ace reporter of the Exclusive newspaper, Ibrahim Foday with utter shock. The tragic incident took place at the Grafton axis past weekend,

Normally, Journalists want to identify fully everyone who is mentioned in their stories.   Generalities are difficult, however, and editors make their decisions on a case-by-case basis.  Certain types of stories present especially thorny problems. Rape Victims -

Desmond Melvin Pratt, a serving member of the Sierra Leone Prisons Department, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Johannes Wellington of Court 2, to answer to two count charges of unlawful possession and transporting of prohibited drugs

Freetown – A post-mortem carried out today on journalist Ibrahim Foday shows clearly that he died of stab wounds. Chief Pathologist Dr Owis Koroma, who carried out the autopsy that lasted some 90 minutes, said the

KHAILAHUN, Sierra Leone, Jun 14, 2011 (IPS) - Three-year-old David bolts up from his feverish stooper as a needle pricks his thumb, producing a tiny bead of blood. He looks down horrified but is too

VOA's Viktorija Rinkeviciute reports on the play "Let Me Die Alone" and the play's Actor/ Director David Vandy, who is also host of the VOA radio program Africa Beat, discusses his work with VOA's Ndimyake

Six Belgian police officers today at 3:15 pm stormed the Sierra Leone Embassy in Brussels on a busy consular day to arrest one Peter Kuyembeh, Admin Officer at the Embassy. The leader of the six man

Freetown – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists condemns in the strongest possible term the killing on Sunday 12 June of journalist Ibrahim Foday formerly of Exclusive Newspaper. He was in his 30s. Ibrahim was stabbed

Along the side of a bumpy, dusty road in Motsoaledi sits a concrete stand supporting a water pipe and faucet tap. It is one of 48 taps installed by the government throughout the informal shack

Twenty years ago, when the government of Somalia collapsed, few imagined that the country’s ongoing state of lawlessness would eventually spawn piracy on such a scale that the security of the western Indian Ocean region