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January 2012

If the recent Constituency 104 Bye-Election violence in which some citizens were brutally attacked and stabbed is a prelude to the November 17, 2012 election, I want to remind those who choose violence over democracy

With only a matter of hours remaining for President elect of The Gambia, Professor Yayah Jammeh dubbed super Inauguration tomorrow (Thursday January 18th 2012), His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma will this evening leave the

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 18 January 2012 : Justice Richard Brunt Lussick of Samoa has been elected Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II. He succeeds Justice Teresa Doherty, whose one-year term ended on 17 January 2012. Pursuant

Due to the current political climate in Freetown, Ms Thomas felt it poignant to reissue the following article on how we should interact with and treat others We all want to have a life full of

It is barely a week since the whole nation observed in various ways, by prayers, silence, meditation and reflection on the January 6 anniversary that saw one of the bloodiest events that ever tainted our

Hello Wonde Gboyama.  Happy New Year Sierra Leone. Like in politics, everything to me is local. So why not start my New Year salutation to my country with my place of birth, the Great Wonde chiefdom? Thank

Congo Cross police Sunday 15th discovered the pistol reportedly owned by Alhaji Amadu Bah aka LAJ; one of police alleged murder suspects. Police source say however that the pistol was concealed beneath the root of a

Nonsense, I say. And count the Idiot out; will give no concession of any form to political violence at all. The selfish and power thirsty politicians must however be told that the Idiot is all set

The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a partnership for safe medicines initiative in Sierra Leone at the Miatta Conference Hall at Youyi building, Freetown. In her measurement, Mrs. Matron Roselyn Momoh said  the Ministry of Health

It was President Abraham Lincoln who once said that “You may fool ALL the people SOME of the time, you can even fool SOME of the people ALL the time, but you cannot fool ALL

Mohamed T. J Bah Monday 16th stabbed and killed his brother Mohamed Lamin Jalloh at their No. 14 Foster Street resident off Fourah Bay Road Freetown. Mohamed, a butcher at Guard Street market, Monday 14th, at

The word ‘violence’ is now a frequently used phrase in Sierra Leone that no longer bears any meaning to many Sierra Leoneans. This is because violence is so frequently applicable in our society that people tend

Forum of Sierra Leonean Youth Network (FOSLYN) a youth serving agency working for and on behalf of young people (age 15-30) wants to express dismay regarding the unfortunate situation that took place in the recently

The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone, heeding to His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s call for national week of prayer, invites all Sierra Leoneans and Friends of Sierra Leone to join His

PRESS RELEASE - The Campaign for Human Rights and Development Sierra Leone (CHRDSL) expresses deep concern over the security situation in the country following the bye-elections in Constituency 104 on Saturday January 14th 2012. CHRDSL