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October 2011

An Address on “The Role of the Media in the Election Process in Sierra Leone” delivered by the Chairman, Independent Media Commission (IMC) Mr. Rod Mac-Johnson at the Mamba Point at the one day workshop

As part of its HIV/AIDS prevention and control sensitization campaigns around the Freetown Peninsula, community leaders, students, housewives and fishmongers have participated in a day’s seminar for young people organized by the local Non-Governmental Organization

Statement and Tribute by the Chairman of the Independent Media Commission, Mr. Rod Mac-Johnson at the Opening of the Book of Condolence Ceremony – Wednesday 26th October 2011.  (Photo:  the late Mr Sam Metzger) The death

The newly transferred Local Unit Commander (LUC), Bo Police Station, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Thomas Mustapha Lahai has informed the press that his transfer is in conformity with normal police regulations. He observed that

Believable disclosures are that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Musa Tarawally, to a greater extent, fights his way to persuasively allure President Koroma appoint him as ‘running mate’ in the 2012 elections. (Photo: l-r Musa

The Deputy Women’s Leader Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Madam Harriet Turay, is reportedly putting up libel suit against the interim leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) party, Mohamed Bangura, on grounds depicting claim

An audit report on the financial conducts of the Kono District Council has uncovered that the Council Chairman, Diana Konomanyi has allegedly misappropriated a sum totaling 1 billion Leones obtained from the devolution fund basket. Sources

This is not the first time our Muslim faithful have been subjected to humiliation and all sorts of embarrassment each time they intend to embark on a pilgrimage to the holy land of Mecca. And it

This is a big surprise.  So Kamajors on hand received Le 20 million from Di Obai of the Republic of Sierra Leone? (Photo: Ibrahim Samura, Editor) I am sure the Idiot has not directly accused any

Police officers attached to the Makeni Division of Sierra Leone Police on Wednesday October 26th   this year enthusiastically saluted President Koroma’s “Agenda for Change” which they said is an appropriate solution to Sierra Leone’s decades-old

Sierra Leone joined hundreds of world leaders, diplomats and expatriates at the Saudi Foreign Ministry last Wednesday to offer its condolences to the Saudi royal family over the death of the Kingdom’s second in command,

My mobile telephone rang on Tuesday morning; it was “my niece” Isatu, Abdul Karim's daughter on the line and who said to me, “Uncle, your brother is dead.”  Only the day before I had heard

LUGANO, Switzerland – (October 26, 2011) – CNH International is providing the expertise and equipment of its two agricultural brands, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, to a large-scale integrated sustainable project developed by Addax

Now that Gaddaffi has been laid to rest, the task of “rebuilding” Libya can begin in earnest. It is unquestionable that the political landscape in Libya, like the whole region is undergoing a political and