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June 2012

Save the Children (Sierra Leone Programme) Tuesday morning officially presented the 2011-2012 Championship trophy to officials of the Sierra Leone Premier League Board (PLB) at the NGO’s office at Kingharman Road, Freetown.  (Photo: PLB Chairman

The residents of Port Loko have on Monday June 18, 2012 during the interactive session of a one-day sensitization workshop that was organized by the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat at the Port Loko

Innovative Competition Acts as Catalyst for Business and Job Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa WASHINGTON, June 26, 2012/ -- At the second African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM II), 17 U.S.-based entrepreneurs were awarded matching grants to fund innovative

LIBREVILLE, Gabon, June 26, 2012/ -- During the build-up to the G20 Summit in Mexico and the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, over 600 economic, financial and political policymakers met on 8-10 June in Libreville, Gabon,

In less than a month from now, 47 members of the football family in Sierra Leone, otherwise referred to as DELEGATES, will converge in the Eastern district headquarter town of Kailahun to elect a new

Controversial businessman Frank Timis has been cleared to take an executive role at his two Perth-based oil and gas plays, two years after a bruising battle with the Australian Securities Exchange that saw them list

Many great thinkers have held the belief that “a free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society”. It is against this background that a recent blog by the British

Have we ever sat down in our quiet moments to reflect on why someone like Tony Blair would speak great of Sierra Leone during the governance period of President Koroma? Have we ever reflected on

The Deputy Commissioner of the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) Charles Rogers has interacted with 30 carefully selected participants of an ongoing Master Trainers workshop on the establishment of Self–Help Affinity Groups in poor

The Leader of the newly registered political party Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) Joshua Carew has accused both the All Peoples Congress Party (APC) and the Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP) of creating tribal and regional

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 26, 2012/ -- Today, more than 35 countries from across Africa are represented at this year’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop, entitled ‘Empowering Communities: The Heart of

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 June 2012—As a major and concrete legacy of the Rio+20 Conference, the Brazilian Government announced the creation of Rio+ Centre, the World Centre for Sustainable Development, at a ceremony this

Leader and Presidential Aspirant of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio received a hero’s welcome in Freetown on returning home from his maiden trip to Ghana, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Belgium,

His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has on Tuesday 26th June 2012 taken an inspection tour of the newly constructed office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Tower Hill, Freetown.  (Photo:

AC Milan and Leone Stars versatile midfielder, Rodney Strasser has donated assorted items to school going children and football kids of the southern provinces on Saturday June 23rd at the Bo Coronation field. Those who benefitted