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June 2012

Leader and Presidential Aspirant of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio received a hero’s welcome in Freetown on returning home from his maiden trip to Ghana, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Belgium,

His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has on Tuesday 26th June 2012 taken an inspection tour of the newly constructed office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Tower Hill, Freetown.  (Photo:

AC Milan and Leone Stars versatile midfielder, Rodney Strasser has donated assorted items to school going children and football kids of the southern provinces on Saturday June 23rd at the Bo Coronation field. Those who benefitted

At the close of the day’s proceeding on Monday June 25, Sorious Samura was not as comfortable as at the start of the day.  Yesterday was the scheduled day for his cross examination and Momoh

Ibrahim Coachie Mansaray, member among the new converts to the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) has issued a press release apologizing for an unfortunate statement he made during the event marking the declaration of Alhaji

Patriotic Sierra Leoneans  (PSL), a non-governmental organisation has launched its monthly outreach meeting Sunday June 24 at the Brima Attouga Stadium, east of the capital Freetown.  Hundreds of people turned up to grace the historic event including

Airtel SMS Trivia question and answer game commonly called 4040, is back and this time the prizes are even more exciting. 4040 gives participant the privilege to learn new things and catch up with old

Ahead of the November 17th poll nine people have aspired for the SLPP symbol for Constituency 09, Kenema city, among the contesting chief Bockarie Nomo lie Salami who has declared to vein for the position

It’s disgraceful for the government to lean that lecturers of the polytechnic are again to go on another strike action if their demands are not fulfilled by the government. According to some few lectures who

Six Miners including Amara Kallon, Mohamed Tholley, Ibrahim Conteh, Mustapha, Nayallay Alusine Kamara, and Hassan Kamara, have been arraigned before the  presiding Magistrate His Lordship Mohamed Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens of the Magistrate's court in Kenema for

As part of complementing the ministry of Education, Science and Technology in the practice of hygiene education in schools, a local NGO operating in the East Muloma Women Development Association [MUWODA] in partnership with the

A very important meeting dealing with Sierra Leone’s forthcoming elections was held at the United Nations Friday June 22, 2012.  At the meeting, which was held under the aegis of the UN PeaceBuilding Commission Special

There is no doubt that the educational system in Sierra Leone is facing serious challenges: there is a lack of adequately trained teachers, the teaching profession is underappreciated and underpaid, there are limited or no

Freetown: The Themne Development Community has registered its appreciation for the impressive developmental efforts of His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma as well as pledged unflinching support for him to continue the good work he

The chairman Kenema Distict civil society group KENDICS, Fallah Enssah Bockarie, has accused the police of multiple human rights violations and are doing little in order to contain violence particularly political,  in the region and