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January 2011

Washington DC, 10th January, 2011: The Sierra Leone Embassy in Washington D.C. in collaboration with the North America 50th Independence Anniversary Planning Committee held both Muslim and Christian Prayers on Friday 7th and Sunday 9th

In preparation for the celebrations of the 50th independence anniversary of the Republic of Sierra Leone, a prayer service was held at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Takoma Park, Maryland on Sunday, January

Sierra Leonean International attacking and central midfielder Samuel Barlay has cut short his vacation to Freetown to return to Sweden to undergo tials with newly promoted team to the Swedish highest league Syrianska FC.

Sierra Leone’s most high profile player Mohamed Kallon has said that Lionel Messi deserves the 2010 FIFA Ballon D’or award because as he puts it “he’s simply the best’.  (Photo: Lionel Messi with the 2010

Jan. 8, 2011 - TAXES : Web surf these days and one comes up with almost unlimited number of proposals on how to produce new revenue streams, for ailing governments.  The first option is to

The Chairman Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has nominated Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma to be among the list of other Sub - regional stake holders to

Perhaps, the mistake was the hasty pronouncement of “legitimate force” vis-à-vis analyzing the consequences of a forceful removal, divulging ineffectual wimps within the West African regional group (ECOWAS); simply put the cart before the horse.

This article is a wake up call on President Ernest Koroma and his team not to be complacent and also helping them in finding ways in which he can fast track his strategies in order

Mohamed C Bah, NDA Presidential aspirant, aired the following speech on Sunday January 2,2011 to a huge crowd at the Calaba Town Youths Association. "Our esteem elder’s Council, Executive members, NDA members, friends, and Fellow

2010 was an eventful year for us. A lot of testimonies abounds we were blessed with a new office for Jonathan kids club/ foundation. We prayed and the Lord gave us this office apartment where

The shutters have come off the football transfer window and the season has begun in earnest. With only one month available to managers and football clubs to get their houses in order, new tenancy agreements

Black Leo strong man Alhaji Turay aka Supa Laj has condemned the Government of Sierra Leone’s recent ban on album launchings, street rallies and gathering of three of Sierra Leone’s heavy weight

A reader had called to ask me who Sahr Mokuwa was and where he came from. When he said that the person was apparently from Kailahun, I remarked that it was not a common name

Popular music group Dry Eye Crew has been exonerated from the violent clashes of supporters of various local music groups that recently rocked Freetown. A press release from government has further lifted the ban on their

Me! I simply can’t wait to read what the African Champion newspaper has promised it would publish to confirm that my old friend the current minister of information and communication Alhajie I B Kargbo has