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June 2012

Magburaka, June 18 (SLENA): The Tonkolili District Library which was built in 2011 by NaCSA remains a white elephant project as school children and their teachers lack the culture of reading. This statement was made was

Makeni, 18 June (SLENA): The Meteorological Department of the Ministry of Transport and Aviation in collaboration with UNDP has held its second national communications sensitization workshop on climate change project in Makeni. The workshop, which was

Makeni, 18 June (SLENA): Twenty-two staff members of the Periphery Health Units (PHU) in the Sella Limba, Sanda Loko and Gbanti Kamaranka chiefdoms in the Bombali district have under gone a three-day training on Basic

Freetown, 18 June (SLENA): Members of Parliament have unanimously approved the ratification agreement on the addendum to the petroleum exploration between the Government of Sierra Leone and Talisman Oil Company, an international investment oil company. Presenting

The Inspector General of Police, Francis Munu (in photo) has issued a stern warning that with immediate effect any Police Officer causing loss of life without lawful jurisdiction would be charged to court no matter

Freetown, 18 June (SLENA): The National Electoral Commission has disclosed to journalists at a press briefing at its head office in Freetown that 794 people were discovered to have fraudulently engaged in multiple voter registration

Freetown, Sierra Leone - In the backdrop of an economy in tumultous transition, Connecting Rural Communities, now in its 7th year, is hitting its strides on "The Road to Rural Broadband: Making the Economics Work."

The leading iron ore miner in Sierra Leone, African Minerals Limited have consented that without change in the negative attitudes and behaviours of its employees and community members of Bumbuna in the Tonkolili District it

Freetown, 18 June (SLENA): Realizing the fact that fish farming can be a viable alternative, not only for increasing fish availability but also potentially making contributions to household economy and employment, the Ministry of Fisheries

Sierra Leone’s Inspector-General of Police, Francis Alieu Munu has spoken, that the police force will be held liable and responsible if there is any security breach in the country and as such, they would do

“We have set the records straight! Any vessel that wants to fish on our waters must do so through the right channel and comply with the laws of Sierra Leone”.  Salieu Sankoh – National Project

Anthony K Kamara (Snr) - Researches into Sierra Leone's political history on the issue of cross carpeting/political defections from the 1950s to the present.  (Photo: author) The term "Cross Carpeting" was first heard in Sierra Leone

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Sheka Tarawallie early this week told media practitioners  that a key challenge facing the media in West Africa is lack of education and the capacity to manage security information

Interview with UN-Habitat’s Joan Clos (above in photo) - Africa’s cities are growing very rapidly. By 2050, 1.2 billion people, or 60 per cent of all Africans, will live in urban areas. For the United

Interview with Kumi Naidoo executive director of Greenpeace International (in photo) - In advance of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development — also known as “Rio+20” — we asked Mr. Kumi Naidoo, who