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May 2011

The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is to pay a two-day official visit to seven West African OIC Member States, including Sierra Leone. According a press release issued by the General

Forty two Heads of State and Government including Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma and former Heads of State and Presidents from different parts of the world, and a total of 323Government Ministers including Sierra

Shenge Records has just learned that Giileh has been nominated for Female Album of the year by Sierra Leone Music Television Radio (SLMTV). Voting starts June 1, 2011 go to www.slmtv.com Join Shenge Records as we

The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone will tomorrow Wednesday start its first Public Hearing on a matter between 235 ex-soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) against the Ministry of Defence

A Sierra Leonean academic Doctor has just embarked on a high-profile life journey to his beloved Sierra Leone, after spending 18 fruitful and formative years at the renowned Islamic University in Madina Al-Munawarah. Dr. Ahmad

Every make-up artist, photographer, model and stylist requires a professional looking portfolio to be able to sell their services to potential clients. A portfolio is the one thing that will separates creatives, adequately showcasing their

The Anti–Corruption Commission has on Saturday the 28th May 2011 met with the Lebanese Community in Kenema, in a meeting that attracted about nineteen (19) Lebanese businessmen and their business agents at the Lebanese International

Sierra Theatre Productions director, David Vandy will be featuring Giileh as the leading actress in his latest production - ‘Let Me Die Alone’.  The play to be held at the Montgomery College of Performing Arts

The High Court has dismissed the Appeal lodged by the SLPP against the Independent Media Commission (IMC) over the withdrawal of its licence to operate Unity radio. It may be recalled that in July 2009, following

[caption id="attachment_24578" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Members of Paul School for the Blind, Bo"][/caption] In its pursuit to educate the wider public including the visually impaired, the Anti-Corruption Commission presented two reading documents in Braille to the Paul

In its attempt at creating educational opportunities, the British Council with sponsorship from Standard Chartered Bank and in partnership with Plan Sierra Leone launch English by Radio programmes on May 31, 2011 at the British

Addis Ababa – 27 May 2011 - On 31 May and 1 June the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission (EC) are convening in Brussels, Belgium, for their annual College-to-College meeting, in the

Nairobi, May 30th, 2011; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra says the elimination of transnational threats emanating from Somalia must be hinged on the

The ruling All Peoples Congress party (APC) said they would, the pro APC party newspapers said they could, we in the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) said they won’t, and they didn’t. The African Champion

The Sierra Leone Arc of Hope (SLAH), a 501-C-3 non-profit and non-political organization wishes to inform the public of its latest success.  SLAH has secured a ten (10) acre land in Waterloo, off New Freetown