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April 2012

Sierra Leone's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,  Edward M. Turay attended the Mayor of Lambeth’s Cultural “Tarancis” Extravaganza in the UK and the first Sierra Leonean movie to be premiered in the UK, “Perfect Plan,”

When President Ernest Bai Koroma assumed power in 2007, his major priority was to work towards the implementation of an ‘Agenda for Change’. This ‘Agenda for Change’ aims at moving the country to a new

The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Washington D.C wishes to inform the Public that with effect from April13th, 2012, Visa Processing fee for United States of America (USA) ordinary passport holders will

In its quest to enhance coalition and partnership in the fight against corruption, the Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Friday 30th March 2012 engaged staff of Restless Development in Makeni. (Photo:

Geneva/Kampala, 2April 2012—Parliaments today are facing greater public scrutiny and pressure than ever before with fundamental questions on their ability to hold governments to account, but they have never been more essential to the political

Jamal Fasuluku narrowly escaped death at the hands of traditional ‘Poro’ Society members and his whereabouts is still shrouded in mystery.  A friend of Jamal lamented his buddy’s demise to our Eastern province correspondent, stating

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy Secretariat together with the Southern Regional Office has on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st March, 2012 held a focus group discussion with MDAs and Civil Society Monitors respectively at the One

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, April 2, 2012 - IGN France International (http://www.ignfi.fr) and the IGN (National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information), in close cooperation with the Geographical Institute of Burkina Faso (IGB), the Economic Commission for

The Tuareg and Islamist armed groups who have taken the northern cities of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu must protect the civilian population in areas under their control, Amnesty International said today. In Gao, the organisation received

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Current documents circulating the news corridor contain allegations that the current flag bearer of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is wrapped in some passport deals which Dr. Abass Bundu officially

Father of FAMBUL, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara received a hero’s welcome in Freetown on Friday coming from a month long visit of his children and family members residing in the United Kingdom. The FAMBUL organization which

At least a thousand Sierra Leoneans came out to mark a debut patriotic march in the capital Freetown on Saturday March 31.  Their attendance follows a clarion call by the Patriotic Sierra Leoneans organization to

Gem Stars are currently battling their poor form in the current Premier League campaign as they lost 0-1 on Friday March 30, at home to Bo Rangers.  (Photo: Hon. Francis Konuwa, Chairman Board of Directors,

St. Anthony’s Primary School, the reigning U-13 Primary School champions in the country are set to represent Sierra Leone in a six nations Under 13 primary school football competition slated to take place in Ghana

Sierra Leone’s poet extraordinaire, Jusu Jaka Yawmah, aka Jay Jay, was so caught up in awe upon reading about the technological advancement of biomechatronics at the MIT Media Lab and also finding at the peak