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April 2012

Ghana Younited is a campaign and initiative launched by Mary Adomako and the Miss West Africa Ghana team. The objective is to ensure that Ghanaians all around Ghana are united on one single message and

I still would not stop laughing since I first heard about this SLPP slogan. The reason being that in a country where the recent “2012 US Embassy Sierra Leone Investment Climate Statement” estimates that over 72 percent

Freetown, 18 April 2012 - President Ernest Bai Koroma this morning convened a meeting of senior government ministers and members of the security services to review the on-going Bumbuna stand-off by the workers of the

PROLOGUE: The Ministry of Information & Communications acknowledges and appreciates the efforts of members of the public in utilizing the current democratic and media-friendly environment that allows all and sundry to air their views without

Growing restrictions on protesters, the media and freedom of movement are fuelling fear and insecurity in the wake of the military coup in Guinea Bissau, Amnesty International said. “Increasingly repressive measures are being employed by the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “The Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act”— new legislation to support U.S. jobs by growing U.S. exports to Africa—was the focus of federal and policy expert witnesses at a

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) boss, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, has handed seven count charges to Momoh Konte and Alex Mansaray, both businessmen accused of having bearings with the ‘timbergate’ Aljazeera documentary broadcast on its program:

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Presidential flag bearer aspirant, Mohamed C. Bah (in photo) told youths in Brookfield, Freetown, that he has a vision to solidify and unite Sierra Leoneans in a way he intends

Sierra Leone's Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Victoria-Saidu Kamara (in photo), said  the cabinet on Monday, approved mega funds for the hosting of the first National Cultural Festival event in Freetown. She said the theme

Afsatu’s Appeal Case Commences Soon - The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) last week disclosed on the media that it will commence submission in appeal case of Afsatu Kabba on April 19th of this year. Commissioner Joseph

All People’s Congress (APC) scribe, Victor Bockarie Foh, clears that the government purchased a quantum of twenty units of arms at a time many are expecting a momentous election in the November polls. He called on

It is a social degradation when the future of our next generation appeares cloudy and dark.  Every Sierra Leonean with his reasoning and moral values can agree with me that the future of our successors

On Sunday April 15, an accident occurred at the Makeni-Rogbere highway in evening hours of 18:00 hrs, a trailer claimed the back of a Range Rover Jeep killing all those on board the vehicle. The

The city of Freetown is jam-packed with motor cycles plying as commercial cyclists with the name Okada. The rise in number of bikes reigns more than usual in the plying routine and they cannot escape

Victims of Constantine Magazine on Sunday April 15 received 200 bags of cement and five bundles of zinc from Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara. The former SLPP flag bearer aspirant visited Constantine Magazine days after he jetted