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August 2012

A high powered delegation of the All People Congress Party (APC), on Wednesday 8th August addressed a battery of journalists from across various medias on non-violent activities in the November 17th polls at the Capitol

Winning teams of the Airtel Rising Stars Tournament (ARS) on Thursday August 9th paid a courtesy visit to the Honorable Minister of Sports, Mr. Paul Kamara, at his office at the Youyi Building, Freetown. Leading these

The long awaited case featuring the Freetown City father, Mayor Herbert George Williams and seven of his accomplices on charges of a series of criminal related offences by the Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) on Friday August

The ongoing fraud case in the Freetown Magistrates Court No.1 of Magistrate Steven Conteh, between the accused native doctor Mohamed Sesay and the complainant Gibrilla Dumbuya took its toll as public prosecution witness (PW3) fainted

Friday 10th August saw Airtel awarding the deserving players of the just concluded Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) tournament at the Miatta Conference Hall. Chairperson of the colorful event, John Conteh of Medium Hypes, said in his

Following an appeal by a cross-section of fish mongers in Freetown for Government to address the current scarcity and high cost of fish products in the country, the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr.

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network of Sierra Leone (WASH-Net) together with partners have noticed with dismay the Cholera outbreak which has claimed precious lives.  With the official pronouncement of the outbreak by the Government

LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 10 August 2012  - Insufficient power supply and infrastructure are damaging the growth of many African economies, but driving the revenues of diesel and gas generator (genset) manufacturers, finds a new report

Discussed at Tenth Annual Conference in Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, 8 August 2012 – The 10th Annual Conference on Role of Private Universities in Higher Education in Africa kicked off on 8th August 2012, in view

In a quest to address public concerns about the free health care initiative and also to encourage increased participation of Government institutions in the fight against corruption the Southern Regional Office of the Anti Corruption

African Minerals (SL) Limited has donated 19 cartons each containing 1,000 sachets of high quality UNICEF recommended Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to communities in the Lokomasama chiefdom that were severely affected by the latest outbreak

Baltimore, Maryland. - Umo Igbo Unite of North America (UIU) officials say they struck gold at their recent 8th Annual Convention.  (Photo: Special Guest Speaker Ngozi Achebe and Ms Adaobi Obiechina - Public Relations Officer, UIU

PARIS, France, August 10, 2012/ -- France Telecom-Orange (http://www.orange.com) has suffered a major incident on its cable-ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August while returning from a

Addis-Ababa, 10 August 2012 – Today, 10 August 2012, the African Union (AU) is celebrating the first edition of the Africa Day on Decentralization and Local Development. Adopted during the January 2012 Summit, the Day

The outbreak of cholera is one of the most serious challenges Sierra Leoneans are facing currently, especially in an effort to halt the disease. There is a loud outcry; murmuring and finger pointing among residents