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October 2012

Koidu Diamond Mine, Sierra Leone – 18 October 2012: The Octéa Diamond Group, owners of the Koidu Diamond Mine, launched an exciting educational programme with South African publishing giant Times Media – owners of the

The Vice President for the Sierra Leone Scrap Metal Association, Abubakarr Jalloh aka “General Buba” has vowed to get rid of illegal scrap metal dealers.  He made this pronouncement at the Ross Road Police Station

Online registration for the Diversity Lottery 2014 Program started on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and concludes on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 21, 2012/ -- Bharti Airtel (http://www.airtel.com), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa moved up one notch in the world wide ranking to be

Sierra Leone’s Information Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not only positively marketing his country here in the Kingdom and the Gulf States, but has profoundly engaged in rendering most vital services to

The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the Gulf State of Kuwait has secured another golden opportunity for 36 Imams from Sierra Leone to pursue a three - month course in Islamic Jurisprudence

New York, New York – According to recent wire reports, the seroprevalence of HIV/AIDS in Equatorial Guinea, was reported between 30,000 and 60,000 infected people. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare categorically denies having

Friday 19 October the AIG East, Chief Superintendent Foday Mannah assured a cross section of journalists that as the November polls draws closer there is hope for all in the security apparatus as there has

Acting Director of Forestry, Mr. Sheku Mansaray, Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS),  on Wednesday October 17, 2012 told the High Court in Freetown that he did not receive a bribe from Momoh

The Iron Lady Foundation was founded in October 2010 at 174 Fourah Bay Road, Freetown, with the purpose and aim of helping the less privileged in various communities. Three years on that the foundation has

The National Youth Commission on Friday 19th October organized a one day Multi sectoral program for adolescent and young people on sexual reproductive health at the Grassroots Gender Empowerment GGEM Building at 58 Jones Street,

I was moved to write this article after reading and calculating the total recovery made by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone in recent times. The ACC was formed by the SLPP after donors such

Reports reaching this press point out that the Mile 38 checkpoint along the Freetown highway is becoming notorious for bribery and naked corruption. In an extraordinary investigation championed by this press on Wednesday 17th October 2012,

Renowned community philanthropist cum politician, Ivor Leigh (in photo) has doled out yet another set of scholarships to deserving pupils of various Junior Secondary Schools in his locality. In an exclusive interview with this press, Leigh

The writing is clearly on the wall, that a family without peace is a family that is not destined to succeed. For quite too long the football family has been split into various camps which have