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October 2011

One of Sierra Leone's most talented young poets, Jusu Jaka Yawmah, shares with us a second piece of the wonderful poetry from his collection 'Jay's Anthology.' I woke up this morning from my sleep Thanking the

The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, with support from the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP) has ended a two week long national consultative meeting with stakeholders on the need for the establishment of

On the sidelines of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire spoke about the situation in his country and the challenges facing his presidency. The

In the quest to achieving its vision and mandate, the Anti–Corruption Commission (ACC) in the Northern Region of Sierra Leone on Thursday 6th October 2011 enlisted the people of Gbomsamba, Buya Romende Chiefdom in Port

Residents of Waterloo in the Waterloo Rural District have heaped blame on traffic Police officers and Wardens for constraints they face in the area of transport to and from home. In an interview with residents of

Sierra Leone Police Local Unit Commanders (LUCs) in the Eastern Region Thursday 6th hosted a dialogue forum with executives of the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat. Addressing senior police commanders, the Chairman ABC Secretariat, Dr.

In spite of his unique loss in the contest for flag bearer of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara continues to fulfill some of his campaign promises. Our reporter visited the home

South Africa will be hoping to make their fourth clash with Sierra Leone most memorable. Bafana Bafana have never beaten or scored against the tricky West Africans. The two nations will again face each other in

Some members of the Sierra Leone Taekwondo family are reportedly in hot water with the Director of  Sport due to delay in granting ‘national recognition’ to the legally constituted Taekwondo association. It could be recalled that

The Independent Media Commission (IMC) second edition of ‘Media Watch e-bulletin’ published October 3rd defines the journalistic characters of 10 newspapers in Freetown. The research looked at the various elements or building blocks that make up

Special Court Interactive Forum (SCIF) has completed a one day training of trainers’ workshop in readiness for the commencement of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. Over thirty participants were schooled on various topics ranging

The Idiot was practically happy when at the cool of last night he got it right that State House has put out a release confirming that the reports on both the Kono and Bo unrests

One of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) core values is coalition building and partnership. In the drive to accomplish this, the Commission on Wednesday 5th October 2011 took its anti corruption campaign to the office of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Even though the circumstances are a little bizarre and the timing decidedly short, Kei Kamara will be a part of the Sierra Leone squad for one of the biggest matches in

Sierra Leone jetted into OR Tambo Airport this morning, raring to go for their African Nations Cup decider against Bafana Bafana.  (Photo: Sherif Suma) The Leone Stars arrived with 15 players and a bevy of officials