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August 2012

The much trumpeted and eagerly awaited Brima Keita competition will commence on Sunday 12th August 2012 at the K-T Field playing ground Kingtom. The competition will feature 23 teams in the Kingtom Communities, categorized under the

I shrieked over the phone like dying lion, crying, in a rather flabbergasted manner, calling on my Mum, Jane D.M Sesay who is thousands of miles away from me, precisely in a small but very

Africell on Friday 3rd August doled out prizes to its second set of 195 winners of the Ramadan Hidden Treasure Hunt 2 promotion at their headquarter offices, No 1 Pivot Street, Wilberforce Freetown. Africell's Corporate Affairs

Freetown: The Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dirk Niebel has commended the laudable efforts of the government of President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma for making steady progress since

One of Sierra Leone's hopefuls in this year's London 2012 Olympic Games, Ola Sesay, on Tuesday evening August 7th failed to qualify to the final of the women’s long jump when she was ranked 12th

With an unexpected sadness, death has come again in my midst.  Hindolo Trye has silently closed the door of life and departed from us never again to return.  Three years ago my cousin, Mohamed Daudis

On the recommendations of international police consultants, Sierra Leone’s Inspector General of Police has offered a 30 day amnesty to police officers in the SLP who have illegally obtained additional educational qualifications without going through

The Radiation Protection Board Secretariat has continued its routine safety Assessment Inspection at the Pepel loading site of African Minerals and Thofeyim loading site of London Mining Limited.  (Photo: Derrick Dunn and Umar Bun-Tejan) Radiation Safety

Freetown: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on behalf of its staff and Advisory Board presented a cheque of Le552 million (Five Hundred and Fifty-two Million Leones) to His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma as part

In a bid to enhance service delivery in the transport sector the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) with financial support from the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Development Bank yesterday commissioned the

As a way of addressing corruption issues surrounding the Free Health Care (FHC) initiative, the Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has engaged health workers and other stakeholders in the health sector in

Key stakeholders, including farmers, representatives from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, staff and students of Njala University were assembled at the University Campus (Njala Guest House) on Tuesday 7th August 2012 to take

Wikipedia defines civil society as that arena outside of the family, the state, and the market where people associate to advance common interests. The role of civil society groups in a country’s socio-economic and political

Recently, the steam of chaos and apprehension gripped the country’s institutions of learning – Fourah Bay College and Milton Margai College of Education Science & Technology. First, it started with students of West Africa’s age-old university,

The Sierra Leone Police Force (SLP) on Tuesday August 7th held a meeting at their George Street HQ, Freetown, with the media to update them on the state of security in the nation. Speaking on this