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October 2011

Banjul, The Gambia- 19 October 2011- The Gambian government has come out strongly in support of human rights and has urged governments, their agents and judicial systems to defend them. "One cannot continue to oppress

In a move to effectively reach every Sierra Leonean, the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change Secretariat (ABC) on Monday October 17th 2011 started its sensitization tour in the Southern region headquarter town of Bo. According to

A team of Inspectors from the Radiation Protection Board Secretariat on the 6th October 2011 conducted an inspection on the African Mineral stock pile of iron ore at Pepel. The team comprised of the Chief

Constituent colleges of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), we are told, are at present putting a fight against the exploit of fraudulent results of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Consequent to recent investigations, which

Findings as in report submitted to President Koroma by persons appointed to investigate the September 9th Bo instability points fingers at four police officers with regard to the murdering, shooting and wounding of unarmed civilians.

In bid to raise awareness about dangers posed by breast cancer, members of the ‘Think Pink’ organization Friday 14th inaugurates a week long sensitization. In her statement at the Connaught Hospital Hostel in Freetown, the brainchild

Following Professor Gbamanja Commission’s indicting of parents as causers of the alarming underperformance of their children in term of education, management of Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretarial Friday 14th warned hundreds of parents to

Barely a month as team manager of East End Lions FC, Tunde Scott has invaded the transfer market ahead of opponent managers thereby signing in eight new faces into the club ahead of the new

Just as family members shed tears over the resultant killing of a bike rider, the shooting and wounding of about nine defenseless civilians in Bo, so also is Mr. Idiot’s existing situation. Even though people have

MOHAMED BANGURA knew he'd fit in at Celtic when he walked out of the shower to find Scott Brown had tied his shoes to the ceiling. Now the Sierra Leone striker wants to thank his new team-mates

The only way to deal with an “unfree” world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.  That appears to be the modus operandi that has defined the

MONROVIA, Oct. 15 - Liberia closed its land borders with its neighbors on Saturday after the country's main opposition party claimed the election results as fraudulent, AFP reported. The west African country closed its borders withSierra

Popular Nigerian comedian Baba Suwe has been detained at Lagos airport on suspicion of drug trafficking. He was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Paris after a body scanner identified suspected drugs

Freetown – The World Food Programme (WFP) today marks World Food Day by highlighting the vital role that food assistance plays during humanitarian crises, supporting recovery in the immediate aftermath of disasters, and building the

Today we bring you a third poem from “Jay’s Anthology.”  Jusu Jaka Yawmah is one of Sierra Leone’s most talented young poets waiting to be discovered! Realm Of The Free In 1462 the waves carried the shrill