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June 2012

Violence in all forms has been a major concern for various stakeholders in Sierra Leone. The government, parents, school authorities and other concern citizens have been joined by the International Community to find a lasting

Freetown, June (SLENA)- The National Electoral Commission is to commence an administrative enquiry to verify individual cases of multiple registrations following the weeklong observation of the BVR de-duplication process in Brussels, Belgium. Speaking to journalists during

Freetown,  June (SLENA)- The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Mr. Sheka Tarawally has reassured the public that by the end of this year, the fibre optic, a project designed to enhance communication nationwide would

British businessman and Conservative Party member Stephen Ogden was in Sierra Leone this week to launch an innovative new business competition - ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Future’.  (Photo: Mr Stephen Ogden, in Freetown, Sierra Leone) Businessman

Freetown, June (SLENA) - The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the Pay and Performance Project for Sierra Leone worth US$ 17 million to finance the achievement of priority pay and

Deputy General Manager for Export-Import Bank, (EXIM Bank) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Wang Fade has told Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to China that his visit is timely as it coincides with the approval

Freetown, June (SLENA) - The Chief Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Christiana Thorpe (in photo) has warned aspirants for the November 17 elections that they shall be disqualified for the contest if they were found campaigning when

Freetown, June (SLENA) - The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Finance has queried several government ministries, departments and agencies for failing to submit deductions from employees’ salaries for onward payment to NASSIST. The MDAs that appeared before

FREETOWN: On Tuesday, June 5th, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden met in Freetown with the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and officially presented his credentials as the new Ambassador of Sweden

Security forces attached to Koinadugu District have after hanging heads with the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat during the latter’s sensitization exercise at their individual locations on Wednesday May 30, 2012 saluted President Ernest

As the quest for national development receives a wider reckoning, the Northern Koinadugu District in the forest region of Sierra Leone shares a spell of backward development as Donstance Koroma reports. Fadugu and Kamukeh are two

Residents of Lumley and its environs in constituency 112 have pledged their huge support for Madam Aminata Ismail commonly known as White Queen, an indigene and daughter of soil. The people of constituency 112 have reposed

Murray  Sesay of 68 Main Motto Road, Wellington, Freetown who allegedly murdered in cold blood Aruna Sesay of No 11 Ross Road (a shop ward at up-Gun round about) on June 2, 2012 at 9am

The Chief Superintendent of police in charge of the Eastern Police Division, Oval Glove Tarawally, explained the police have opened a police post at Bombay a little distance from the eastern police headquarters to our

There is no longer a shadow of a doubt that the spate of armed robbery and police shootouts is becoming a daily process.  Unfolding events are crystal clear that robbery is on the increase as