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October 2012

Sierra Leone National Shipping Company Ltd., Managing Director, Mr. James Sonnie John, has broken his silence following the long dispute on the missing of those two out of six containers at the quay. According to him

The Commissioner for National Revenue Authority (NRA) Mr. Ibrahim Sorie Kamara over the weekend confirmed that his institution has slammed a fine of Le30,000,000 on OSENKO a sub-contact firm working for the London Mining Company

The All Political Parties Women Association on 16th October demonstrated by a peaceful march to support a credible, free, fair and  violence free election come November 2012. Addressing the women from various political parties the Secretary

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation together with Development partners will be carrying out National Immunization Days (NIDS) from 19-22 Oct to prevent under five years old children from Polio. This was revealed at the conference

I arrived in Sierra Leone slightly over a week ago, in the company of three MRU Ambassadors to China. Our visit was in line with the commitment of the three Ambassadors to work towards the

Washington, DC, Monday 15th October, 2012:  Professor V.E.H. Strasser-King, today led a two-man delegation from Sierra Leone, to make a case for Sierra Leone’s Millennium Goal score-card to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington

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Globally, nearly 870 million people are suffering from hunger, with 27 per cent to be found in Africa TUNIS, Tunisia, October 16, 2012/ -- The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) joined its development partners and member countries

In a bid to take control of the South and East from the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) the members of the All Peoples Congress (APC) from the Southern and Eastern regions of Sierra Leone

Paramount Chief of Kamabai, PC Alimamy Salifu Mana Kalawa, on Sunday 14th October assured President Ernest Bai Koroma of victory in the Novenber 17th Elections. HE President Ernest Bai Koroma was visiting the northern provincial town

Hundreds of youths across Bo the second largest city in Sierra Leone on Sunday October 14th, demonstrated their desires with placards condemning violence in the elections slated for November 17. The group  named Kissy-Town Section Youths

The recalcitrance of Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio has been exposed yet again and this time the Inspector General of Police, Alieu Munu, has issued a stern warning to the Presidential Candidate of the main

Comparing the turn-out of both the APC and SLPP supporters on the occasion of the NEC nomination exercises which were held in Freetown last week, Africa Minerals Limited transport owner, Aruna M.S. Conteh alias Ambush

Non Governmental Organizations, Budget Advocacy Network, Save the Children, Oxfam and World vision have called on the attention of Government for an increased funding for health and sanitation in both national and local council budgets. The

The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) is the constitutional and statutory body that has the mandate to monitor and supervise the conduct of political parties in Sierra Leone. In line with its monitoring and supervisory