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July 2012

Eight Community teams will have to battle out in the quarter finals knock-out matches for the Hon. Dauda Tombo Bangura Trophy at the Malama Amateur Football Association field, Lumley. In the opening quarter final match on

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Sheka Tarawalie, said the leaders of opposition parties have demonstrated a strong sense of Sierra Leonean brotherly tradition by personally condoling with President Ernest Bai Koroma on the

Newly established Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) has called on Sierra Leoneans to vote in the November 17 polls on nationalism and eschew partisan ideologies. Chairman and Leader of the party, Hindowa John, made this statement while

The Sierra Leone Premier League Latest Standings . Position Played GD Pts 1. Diamond Stars 25 +15 47 2. FC Kallon 25 +12 46 3. EE Lions 24 +11 39 4. Kamboi Eagles 26 +6 37 5. FC Johansen 24 +4 37 6. Old Edwardians 25 -5 36 7. Mighty Blackpool 25 +3 35 8. Central Parade 25 -1 32 9. Ports Authority 25 -5 32 10. Bo Rangers 24 -5 30 11. Gem Stars 25 -2 28 12. FC FC 24 -7 25 13. Wusum Stars 25 -9 22 14. Kissy All

The Mayor of Hastings in the United Kingdom, Alan Roberts, has said it is an honour for the people Hastings to host the Sierra Leone delegation to the Olympic Games He made this statement during a

The leader of the Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) Joshua Carew has lambasted the United Nations Peace building office in Sierra Leone for marginalizing minor political parties in the areas of capacity building and logistical support

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) Secretariat has on Monday 16th July, 2012 concluded one day training of civil society monitors on the implementation of the Revised National Strategy 2011- 2013.  (Photo: Cross section of monitors

WWF, the global conservation organisation, calls for inclusion of bold environmental commitments in the outcomes of China-Africa discussions this week in Beijing at the Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). “This Forum is

Addis Ababa, 15 July, 2012—Sub-Saharan Africa must provide universal access to decent jobs and social services if it is to achieve decisive development progress, according to a newly released report on the continent’s progress on

On April 27 2010, the government of Sierra Leone officially launched the Free Health Care Initiative.  The Scheme covers pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under the age of five.  The announcement of the Free

PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO ALLEGED GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BUMBUNA IN RELATION TO THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN BUMBUNA ON  16TH, 17TH AND 18TH APRIL 2012 Opening Statement by Commissioner Jamesina King on 16th

LAGOS, Nigeria, July 16, 2012/ -- The Second African Women’s Economic Summit ended on 14 July with a unanimous commitment by hundreds of entrepreneurs and professional women to campaign vigorously for the economic empowerment of

In a bid to accelerate the financial and logistic strength of President Koroma’s November election, and to honor the president for promoting democracy in Sierra Leone, the United States Diaspora Campaign group organization in collaboration

The value of a shade is never known until it is chopped off. The departure of Madam Alice R. Koroma, the mother of our dear president, went a long way to support and prove beyond

The recent daylight firing done by some delta police on armless civilians at Elk street has sent wrong signals in the mindsets of people at these elixirs of days closer to the November 17 elections. The