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December 2011

Haja Kadi Johnson (photo) of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC-TV) receives award of excellence in recognition of women that have performed exceptionally at their respective walks of life.  (Photo credit: Awareness Times) The Thorough Empowerment and

The National Youth Coalition in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Civil Rights Coalition Thursday 24th called a press conference at Sierra Leone Association of Journalists [SLAJ] office at Campbell Street, to update the print and

Leaks have it that Vice President Sam Sumana intends taking legal action against Aljazeera TV and journalists Sorious Samura for scornfully calling him a bribe taker. It is a fact that Aljazeera TV Thursday 23rd published

Emmanuel Sandy and six others (all former workers of the Sierra Leone Port Authority), once attached to the security division, on November 19th 2008 wrote a letter of complaint to office of the Ombudsman for

The New Apostolic Church Mission Aid Sierra Leone Thursday 17th donated food, non food items and school materials worth €4,700 about Le 30 million (Thirty Million Leones) to the Network on children in Need at

On 1st December 2011, over 200 young Sierra Leonean volunteers trained by Restless Development will be leading World Aids Day sensitization activities in both rural and urban communities across Sierra Leone. Using Restless Development’s signature

The Government of Sierra Leone wishes to inform the General Public and the International Community that on the 3rd December, 2011, H.E the President, Dr. Ernest Bai will officially declare the Gola Rainforest as a

Sierra Leone could face a ban from international football, imposed by the game's world governing body FIFA, in a dispute over government interference. The country's football league was postponed by the sports ministry last week following

Sierra Leone’s finest music group ALL OUT, based in the United States, are coming to town this December, 2011.  The group that sings Swagga Like Us, Facebook Lover, Make Salone, etc., are the crown holder

Ericsson (http://www.ericsson.com) in partnership with Sony Ericsson has announced plans to run a regional competition for application developers on the Android platform. The competition titled ‘Apps forAfrica’ is to run under the aegis of the

Sierra Gold Corporation has announced it has reached an agreement with local land owners, village chief, elders and the Paramount Chief to acquire a further 4 concessions on the Pampana River. Surface rents have been

01 December 2011, Freetown: In celebration of World AIDS Day, representatives from Standard Chartered will remind individuals about the importance of prevention in fighting the pandemic as well as the need to challenge the stigma

Nairobi 30th November 2011: Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today celebrated a significant milestone when it acquired its 50 millionth mobile customer

Today, December 1, marks yet another World AIDS Day.  This Day was set aside by the United Nations General Assembly for member countries to reflect and take stock of their efforts at raising awareness and

The global auction on Ebay for a soccer ball from FIFA's 2010 World Cup championship series ends at Planet Hollywood - New York City today as part of efforts to fund AIDS activist Victor Mooney's