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April 2012

Jamal Fasuluku narrowly escaped death at the hands of traditional ‘Poro’ Society members and his whereabouts is still shrouded in mystery.  A friend of Jamal lamented his buddy’s demise to our Eastern province correspondent, stating

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy Secretariat together with the Southern Regional Office has on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st March, 2012 held a focus group discussion with MDAs and Civil Society Monitors respectively at the One

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, April 2, 2012 - IGN France International (http://www.ignfi.fr) and the IGN (National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information), in close cooperation with the Geographical Institute of Burkina Faso (IGB), the Economic Commission for

The Tuareg and Islamist armed groups who have taken the northern cities of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu must protect the civilian population in areas under their control, Amnesty International said today. In Gao, the organisation received

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Current documents circulating the news corridor contain allegations that the current flag bearer of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is wrapped in some passport deals which Dr. Abass Bundu officially

Father of FAMBUL, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara received a hero’s welcome in Freetown on Friday coming from a month long visit of his children and family members residing in the United Kingdom. The FAMBUL organization which

At least a thousand Sierra Leoneans came out to mark a debut patriotic march in the capital Freetown on Saturday March 31.  Their attendance follows a clarion call by the Patriotic Sierra Leoneans organization to

Gem Stars are currently battling their poor form in the current Premier League campaign as they lost 0-1 on Friday March 30, at home to Bo Rangers.  (Photo: Hon. Francis Konuwa, Chairman Board of Directors,

St. Anthony’s Primary School, the reigning U-13 Primary School champions in the country are set to represent Sierra Leone in a six nations Under 13 primary school football competition slated to take place in Ghana

Sierra Leone’s poet extraordinaire, Jusu Jaka Yawmah, aka Jay Jay, was so caught up in awe upon reading about the technological advancement of biomechatronics at the MIT Media Lab and also finding at the peak

Patriotic Sierra Leoneans are having their procession march this weekend – a procession to show their belonging to Mama Sierra Leone. Their leader Mohamed Kamarainba (in photo) says a show of patriotism is worth celebrating as

The atmosphere in Sierra Leone is mixed at the moment with tales of happenings. We just saw the government’s white paper revelation of the Shears Moses report which indicts the Minister of Internal Affairs, Musa

Former Sierra Leonean ambassador to the United States of America, John Leigh (in photo) said he failed to see reason why he should follow and support the candidature of Julius Maada Bio, a man who

Principals embezzle millions - Teachers verification Exercise across the country has shown that some salaries of head teachers are higher than others noting that it should be flat rate. Vouchers of theses affected Head teachers have

Albert Gibao Lavay Nations Cup will climax this weekend, Saturday 31st March 2012 at the Bango Farm playing field between Leone Stars versus Libya. Both teams reached the grand final unbeaten and Leone Stars are the