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February 2012

Consequent to media assertions that the governing All People's Congress (APC) party funded the traveling cost of Mohamed Bangura to New York, same has been tagged as baseless and unfounded. It is a fact that Mohamed Bangura,

As part of its massive exploration and investment drive in the Africa sub-region, African Petroleum Limited has made yet another significant oil discovery. The company has announced that it found a total of 32 metres (105

In a move to address the spate of accidents caused by Okada Riders countrywide, the Attitudinal and behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat has on Wednesday February 22nd 2012 entreated the riders to sign a Memorandum of

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources through the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) has received funding from the (Islamic Development Bank) and BADEA for the rehabilitation of the Kabala Water Supply scheme to meet

Yesterday Britain hosted a major international conference on Somalia, attended by heads of government and senior representatives from more than 50 countries and organisations, including UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon, the AU Secretary General Jean

New entrants into the Big Brother Africa show Sierra Leone and Liberia, are anxiously waiting to tune in to the continental reality contest.  (Photo: Nigeria's Uti, winner of M-Net's Big Brother All Stars edition in

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Representatives from U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to conduct an

Having read a nice book by Dr. Abass Bundu with the title “Democracy By Force”, one would have thought, this nice author would have been a custodian of Peace and Conflict Consultant in places like

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) yesterday recommended that general elections in the Island of Maldvies be held later this year. The recommendation was made during an extra-ordinary session of the Commonwealth ministers which took place at

As citizens of Grenada mourn the death of their former Prime Minister George Brizan, Head of Chancery, who also doubled as Acting Head of Mission, Sierra Leone Embassy in the People’s Republic of China, the

The Anti-Corruption Commission in demonstrating its robust posture on the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone, on Friday 17th February 2012 thoroughly sensitized officers and the rank and file of the Rogbaneh Police Station in

On Monday at the Airtel Headquarters’ office in Wilberforce, the Sierra Leone Girl Guides and Rangers from the Saint Joseph’s Secondary School and Freetown Secondary School for Girls received Airtel branded T-Shirts for their participation

Recently retired army personnel last week received Le 5M as insurance benefit from the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation company (RITCORP). The retirees are appreciative for management of RITCORP for paying five million Leones to each of

Introduction: This memorandum of understanding is between the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat and the leadership of the Bike Riders together with two major stakeholders, the Sierra Leone Police Traffic Division and the Sierra

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 22, 2012/ -- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Adnan Amin, Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), urged all stakeholders across Africa to