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May 2011

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Russian Federation and CIS States HE Mr. John Sahr Yambasu has just proven the trust and honour bestowed upon him by HE

FREETOWN: President Ernest Bai Koroma has called for quick solutions to the problems created by the recent change to the metric system and simultaneous adjustment in the price of fuel. Addressing Petroleum Marketing Companies, Dealers, the

President Ernest Bai Koroma was over the weekend a guest at the first private University of Makeni for the installation of the Chancellor, Conferment of Honorary Degree and Matriculation of Students at The Fatima College

Bangladeshi companies say they have leased thousands of hectares of farmland in Africa as part of their efforts to avoid future food shortages.  Bangladesh is the world's fourth largest producer of rice Two Bangladeshi companies

Caf has decided to split Wafu into two separate regions - The West African Football Union (Wafu) has been disbanded by Caf. The decision was taken at the Caf Executive Committee meeting in Cairo on Monday. A

FREETOWN: The Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Joseph Kamara has today presented the Commission’s 2010 Annual Report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at his Hill Station Lodge. Introducing, the Deputy Commissioner Buya Kamara and

Togo beat favourites Nigeria 3-2 to win the West African Football Union (Wafu) Cup in Abeokuta on Saturday, with Siasia suffereing his first defeat since taking over the Super Eagles. Atakora Lalawele scored twice and set

52 teams will battle for five African places at the 2014 World Cup - African qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup finals will climax in a round of five knockout games, the Confederation of African

The 17th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union is scheduled to take place as follows: Dates: 23 June to 1st July 2011. Venue: Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Theme: The theme of the Summit

Airtel, the award winning Telecommunications Company 2010 is keeping up with its Corporate Social Responsibilities. The adoption of REC Tombo community school still remains a responsibility and a motherly/parental concern for the children of Rural

Asia is finally waking up to its inflation challenge.  Recent weeks have seen a further round of monetary tightening, with a succession of central banks raising interest rates, or taking other measures to put a

Gibriel “Songo” Train “Meals 4 Schools Campaign” Warned Members To Drop The Negative Attitude, Support The Campaign And Move On As the Director of Operations for the “Schools 4 Meals Campaign”, I must first of all

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. May 16, 2011. The Sierra Leone community in the metropolitan cities of Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, has ended a ten day Golden Jubilee celebration in commemoration of Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence anniversary. The

Sierra Leone caused the biggest upset of ICC Africa Division 2 so far after recording a stunning 2-run win over tournament favourites Tanzania on Monday.  (Photo: Sierra Leone cricket coach Peter Kirsten) Under the eye of its

To begin a case study about the history of debt accumulation in Sierra Leone, I candidly needed to build some convincing arguments against our growing fascination with international borrowing. Why does a small country of