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August 2012

The Radiation Protection Board Secretariat has completed a safety assessment inspection of the diagnostic facility at the Holy Spirit Hospitals, Masuba in Makeni.  The inspection was part of the ongoing sensitization programme to create awareness

Addis Ababa, 24 August 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr Jean Ping (in photo), welcomes the recent encouraging developments in Somalia. In particular, the Chairperson lauded the grassroots approach to

Freetown – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists is in receipt of a notice from the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) to shut down radio stations in default on payment of Spectrum Fees and hereby urges

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the West African State of Senegal H.E. Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir, has while meeting with the Ambassador of Ukraine H.E. Ambassador Andriy Zayats, in Dakar Senegal, advocated for a continuity of more

Just last week, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party‘s (SLPP) plans to kill one of Sierra Leone’s most respected politician were exposed by the news media. Their evil plans were made public after email conversations from

In its determination to disseminate anti-graft messages to both public and private sector institutions, which is the educational and preventive approach to combating corruption, the Anti-Corruption Commission Northern Regional Office has on Tuesday 21st August,

“Let’s stop "tolerating" or "accepting" difference, as if we’re so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let’s celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to

Freetown: 23rd August, 2012/The Presidential Task Force on Cholera met 23rd August at State House for the second time to streamline and scale up response to the cholera outbreak and spread in most parts of

In an effort to contribute to national development and sustainable economic growth, Sierra Leone’s Chief Immigration Officer, (CIO) Mr. Alpha Kolifa Koroma has disclosed that his department is on the verge of raising approximately 13-14

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 24, 2012/ -- Kenyan music lovers are in for an entertainment treat this weekend as top African artistes prepare for a pan-African music extravaganza to be held Nairobi’s City Stadium. The high

Mayorial candidate for the Freetown City Council under the APC ticket, Winston Ojukutu-Macauley Jnr. yesterday informed this medium that he is presently conducting a survey to know the concerns of residents in the municipality in

Freetown, August 24 (SLENA): The Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Dr Samura Kamara (in photo) and the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Kuang Weilin have signed a fifteen million dollar frame work agreement between

Freetown, August  24 (SLENA): Hon. Eustace King debunked rumors that he was abandoning his constituency 102 for another, which is constituency 94 in Waterloo rural. He assured his constituents that he will continue to stay

Freetown, August  24 (SLENA : After a week long heated debate among MPs over the recent appointment of Member of Parliament, Manley Spaine as speaker following the departure on vacation leave of the substantive holder,

Bo, August 24 (SLENA): The Kakua chiefdom administration has disbursed a total of two million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred leones (Le2,987,800.00) to all section and town chiefs in the chiefdom, Bo district. The