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July 2012

As Diamond Stars of Kono have won the 2011-12 Premier League Championship being the only provincial club to lift the premiership trophy since its establishment in Sierra Leone in 2001, Executive Members of the Eastern

A combined team of police personnel headed by Detective Inspector, Steven Moses Kandeh, Officer Commanding in charge of the Anti Robbery unit, West and ASP Bandabla, Operations Officer ‘D’ Divisional Headquarters, Kissy have arrested five

The premises of the Africell headquarters at Wilberforce was filled with emotion and pride when a total of Le 28, 850,000 was dished to fifty-one cash prize winners and nine others who won household items

Airtel’s mobile money service ‘Airtel Money’ is spreading all over the country with the fastest and most reliable way of paying bills, sending and receiving money nationwide. Airtel Money is a new mobile commerce service from

The London 2012 games are delivered by two key organisations - the London 2012 Organising Committee and the Olympic Delivery Authority. The staging of the games and the delivery of the long-term benefits are supported

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is set to hold their delegates’ conference in the northern town of Kambia, the party’s interim scribe has said. Dr. Prince Coker revealed that they resolved into hosting the delegates conference

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, July 30, 2012/ -- With the 'Great Africa Business Migration' well under way, discussions around the realities of doing business on the continent are now at a critical point. Africa is far from

Three teams have retained their crowns and a new winner has emerged in the Under-17 Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) Regional tournaments in both Bo and Kenema watched by thousands of people. Two of three teams are

As the funeral service was going on for the late deputy speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament at Waterloo in Freetown on Sunday July 29th also on the same day the APC United

LUSAKA, Zambia – (July 30, 2012) – New Holland Agriculture appointed Danatrac Ltd as its new distributor in Zambia. It is a subsidiary of Dana Holdings Ltd, which operates in the market since the early

The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Board formerly Radiation Protection Board has completed a pre-shipment scanning ores at the African Minerals loading site at Pepel in the Port Loko District.  The inspection is part of

LONDON, 29 July 2012- Sierra Leonean born UNIDO Director General, Kandeh K. Yumkella has been tapped by organizers of Nigeria’s High Level Investment and Business Summit to deliver the keynote address on achieving Nigeria’s Vision

I will continue to be an advocate for  a better Sierra Leone where everyone enjoys the wealth of our nation. I will continue to introduce the psychological and hidden problems - the one we never

Drug-resistant HIV has been increasing in parts of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade, according to experts writing in the Lancet. (Photo: Monitoring of patients helps in detecting drug resistance ) Studies on 26,000 untreated HIV-positive

Saturday, July 21st marked another extraordinary day in Dallas, Texas for the All People’s Congress (APC), Dallas Chapter as it collaborated with the Diaspora Campaign Group (DCG) in a fundraising dance to further a worth