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January 2012

It was President Abraham Lincoln who once said that “You may fool ALL the people SOME of the time, you can even fool SOME of the people ALL the time, but you cannot fool ALL

Mohamed T. J Bah Monday 16th stabbed and killed his brother Mohamed Lamin Jalloh at their No. 14 Foster Street resident off Fourah Bay Road Freetown. Mohamed, a butcher at Guard Street market, Monday 14th, at

The word ‘violence’ is now a frequently used phrase in Sierra Leone that no longer bears any meaning to many Sierra Leoneans. This is because violence is so frequently applicable in our society that people tend

Forum of Sierra Leonean Youth Network (FOSLYN) a youth serving agency working for and on behalf of young people (age 15-30) wants to express dismay regarding the unfortunate situation that took place in the recently

The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone, heeding to His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s call for national week of prayer, invites all Sierra Leoneans and Friends of Sierra Leone to join His

PRESS RELEASE - The Campaign for Human Rights and Development Sierra Leone (CHRDSL) expresses deep concern over the security situation in the country following the bye-elections in Constituency 104 on Saturday January 14th 2012. CHRDSL

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.  Shakespeare once wrote that “a jest’s prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of

Every Sierra Leonean from the dim witted to the genius has an opinion about the state of the nation and they accentuate their opinions everywhere at any time. In most cases the articulation is so

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament commenced in Addis Ababa today with keynote speeches from H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and H.E. Jerry John Rawlings, former President

Lu Shaye is the Director-General at the Department of African Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China.  During an interview with China Daily newspaper of Thursday, 12th January 2012, he spoke

Christmas is over and we are now middle of January and as usual, families are going through tough times now after spending some extras to celebrate the holidays.  Those with deeper pockets like our government

The subject of debate wherein people of integrity are of conflicting opinions is the process of change.  The trivial question is that in the most significant situations individuals are not able to make certain decisions.

The national call by president Dr Ernest Koroma to pray for peace and progress for MaMa Salone is a perfect timing or vision.  When one looks at our ugly past and semblance of it, happening

The Acting Director of Fisheries and Marine Resources , Alpha Bangura has strongly reacted to a number of  claims made by the Doha based International News Medium, Aljazeera, relating to the operations of his ministry. Responding

The local council elections in Constituency 104, Ward 369, held Saturday 14th, and which saw the SLPP clinching victory by a slight margin over the APC, was flawed with brutalities; APC’s Lansana Fadika (in photo)