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February 2012

Residents of Jones Street and Salmon Street in Kissy east of Freetown lauded the degree of security coordination between them and management of Kissy Mess Mess Police Station. They also gave kudos to the Kissy Police

“Work in Moyamba town appears slow due to the unavailability of funds.  Five roads should be reconstructed here, and Siaka Stevens Street, located in the central part of the township is major to us,” residents

All is not rosy within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).  It emerged from the onset that ethnic dominance – in this case ‘fullahnism’ or fullahnising the authority of the party will not augur without a

Faith Ambassador, Hawanatu Koroma told participants in his spearhead day-long workshop, held at No 8c Lower Congo Water, Down Garden, that faith champions should be volunteers who would actualize the faith dream of British former

Stand up Sierra Leone for No Violence, a local Non Governmental Organization on Saturday February 11, launched its sensitization campaign on non-violence in the November upcoming elections at the Fourah Bay field, east end of

Just tell the Idiot who these politicians are, he will certainly tell it all to you. Of course, it’s the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) again. Guess what, my people; a risky press releases ya? So panicking,

Since Ernest Bai Koroma took over the reins of government in 2007, nearly everyone was called upon, at one point or the other, directly or indirectly, to make available their talent and expertise towards the

To simply put it (for us the ‘laymen’), multipartyism is that (political) system lawfully involving more than one party in the running of a country. If my memory serves me right, the political scientists (or who/whatever

Agriculture has been identified as vital for the development and transformation of Sierra Leone. To address this problem, President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2008 established a Task Force of which he is Chairman to tackle

I attended the world premier of the opera Thelma, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, which was performed by the Surrey Opera at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, UK on Thursday 9th February 2012.  This work was for a

It happened and succeeded in Libya, but to a point; as the unintended outcomes of the NATO intervention still reverberates on the shores of the country. The jury is still out on the legal, moral

China, having the second largest economy in the world has continued to ensure its presence is felt in, and appreciated by Africa and Africans. From West Africa to Southern Africa, East and Northern Africa, the

As part of its strive to ensure food security and promote agribusiness development in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone Chamber of Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) in collaboration with IITA and USAID has commenced training sessions for

Bo, Southern Sierra Leone: In keeping with his policy of religious tolerance, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma officially opened the 51st Jalsa Salana of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Bo on Friday 3rd February, 2012. The

Following methodical supervision and consultations with one of the sub-offices in the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU), last month held meetings with heads of tertiary institutions and the