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August 2012

On August 1st, the IMC released a list of recommendations for the media following a one day forum on “the role of the media in the 2012 Elections”.  Speaking at the communiqué launch at the

The question of political trust from our statesman is one that has often being questioned each time we are facing a national election. Many hold the school of thought that the cloaks of subterfuge by

Acting Head of Government at the European Union Office in Sierra Leone, Mathis Hamburger has revealed that an additional sum of €10 million has been provided to the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) to accelerate

Chief of Staff at State House, Dr. Kaifala Marah (in photo), has called on senior civil servants in Sierra Leone to show patriotism and responsibility while executing their duties. Dr. Kaifala Marah made this remark while officially

Ex-military officers of the Wounded in Action (WIA) batch three have commended the Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam Sumana (in photo) for his bold stance in trying to resolve their money protest with the Ministry

National Electoral Commission (NEC) officer Mr. Sylvester Tucker testified before Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No 2 August 2, 2012 over the fraudulent conversion by two NEC officials who had overdrawn approximatelyLe163, to which they

The newly appointed Commander Joint Forces (CJF) Brig. Gen. John Milton, held a two day command group conference on Thursday and Friday 2-3rd August, 2012 at the Mayaung Officers’ Mess, Wilberforce.  Brig. Gen. John Milton

The recent pronouncement by the Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr. Christiana Thorpe, for candidates in the race for Parliament to pay the sum of Le25,000,000 (twenty five million Leones), most sons of

One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships

Head of Chancery at the Sierra Leone High Commission has brought sanity and some dramatic development into the mission with staff members now working assiduously towards the progress of not only the mission, but also

Assistant Director-General, Executive Bureau of International Economic Cooperation, affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, People’s Republic of China has visited the Sierra Leone Embassy to update Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to China on Chinese funded and

Freetown/1st August 2012: The Commissioner of the National Commission for Persons with Disability, Fredrick Kamara (in photo) has on Wednesday 1st August 2012 assured His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma that he will work tirelessly

We are shocked, hearing that a total of 6,000 children are HIV positive in Sierra Leone. This prevalence is threatening as the rate depicts that more adults are equal victims by fact of being the

The National Leader and flag-bearer of the United Democratic Movement Party (UDM) Mohamed Bangura has said in Freetown that the sum levied by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) for each political party’s presidential nominees to

Mohamed Sesay appeared before Magistrate Steven Conteh at Court No 1 with six count charges, count one conspiracy to defraud contrary to law. Mohamed Sesay between Saturday 14th April 2012 and Saturday 21st April 2012