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May 2012

Philosophy says humans have inquiring minds.  If this is true it is the principal reason why I am asking the question of what lies ahead in the November polls?  It is said that those who

The most celebrated and senseless idiot has been contemplating over the issue of who is responsible of policing the police.  When an institution such as the senseless one we have policing people recklessly without being

Help a Needy Child in Sierra Leone (HANCI-SL) is a local, child focused, non-religious, non-governmental, non political organisation, founded in 1994 and registered with relevant government ministries, including: the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development;

FDID-SL’s reaction on government whitepaper on the Justice Showers Commission of Inquiry on the alleged adoption of 29 Sierra Leone children -  FDID-SL has read the commission’s Report and the government’s whitepaper dealing with same. 

MESSAGE FROM DR. JEAN PING, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION , ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY The African Union is celebrating this year, 2012, as the year of Shared Values. These

STATEMENT BY EDWARD KWAME YANKSON, ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS,  ON THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN SIERRA LEONE AT THE WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE SKD STADIUM IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA-2ND

Fellow journalists, fellow Sierra Leoneans, I am here again for this my fourth and final address to you as president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists marking World Press Freedom Day. At this time

01 May 2012 – The Craig Bellamy Foundation Youth Development League has been named on the Beyond Sport Awards 2012 Official Shortlist in the Sport for Education category.  (Photo: Craig Bellamy Foundation Girls League launch) Held

I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF).  He is the

Freetown – The Minister of Information and Communication, Ibrahim Ben Kargbo yesterday assured journalists that the Freedom of Information Bill, which has been laying in Parliament for some two years, would be “passed into law

State of the Association Address - Mr Chairman, distinguished delegates, Good afternoon, and a Happy 51st Independence Anniversary to our country and congratulations to all of us on this day. Often we take this date

The Anti-Violence Movement (AVM) has been working assidiously to address the negative vices that lead to violence in the electoral process. The organization has over the years succeeded in increasing youth potential, creativity and skills

In a bid to robustly address corruption issues in Sierra Leone, the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Monday 30th April, 2012 launched the Citizens Service Delivery Charter for the Makeni Regional Hospital at the Hospital Conference

Beekeepers in the Tonkolili District are enjoying the benefits of better training, support, and equipment, in a co-operative initiative launched by Memuna Forna, UK beekeeper and the sister of local business man, Sheka Forna. The Honey

Mobile telecommunications giant, Airtel, on April 28th, put a smile on the faces of the aged at King George’s Home, now relocated at Grafton, as part of the events marking their independence gifting schedule which