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October 2012

The 25th of September saw the closure of Parliament, which was full of joy for some Members of Parliament, and the opposite for many others. Apparently, it was a joy and pain situation, taking into

Popular youthful football club, Y2k FC (in photo) on Tuesday 2nd October 2012 defeated Janet Lane 5-4 on post match penalties after settling for a 3-3 full time. Janet Lane opened the score in the 21st

Chairperson of National Electoral Commission (NEC) Madam Christiana Thorpe has revealed that the Commission will soon send the final amount of candidature fees for all ten political parties for the 17th November Multier elections as

Justice Teresa Doherty will convene a sentencing hearing in Freetown at 9:00 a.m. Friday for four ex-AFRC officials convicted on contempt charges relating to attempting to bribe and/or otherwise induce prosecution witnesses to recant testimony

Led by Chief Observer Richard Howitt from Great Britain, along with others from twenty-seven counties including central Europe, the European Union Election Observer Mission in Sierra Leone has on Thursday 4th October 2012 called on

The outgoing Australian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone William (Billy) William who was resident in Accra, Ghana, has on 3rd October 2012 taken former leave of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma during a farewell courtesy

The high level panel discussion on the Rule of Law and Post 2015 Agenda held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at the UN Secretariat was sponsored by the Republic of Senegal, Open Society Foundations and

The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Pujehun District Chairman, Sadiq Sillah, has applauded the initiative of President Ernest Bai Koroma to set up the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat, to help direct the attitudes

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, with accreditation to several other countries in South East Asia and Pacific Region like Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam among others, His Excellency, Ambassador Abubakarr

Friends of Ernest Bai Koroma in the Kono, Bo, Moyamba, Pugehun, and in Kailahun districts respectively have decided to storm Coronation Field in Bo town to give thanks and appreciation to the President Ernest Bai

The Vice President Alhaji Chief Sam Sumana has presented the former President of Cape Verde, Antonio Manuel Gomes Monterio Mascaranhas to His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at the Presidential Lodge, Hill Station.  (Photo: President

The 1854 cholera outbreak of London and its epidemiological investigations marked a radical shift from the 19th century miasma belief (breathing bad air), as the cause of disease. This is to say, the scientific configuration

Brussels, 03 October 2012 – Invited by the authorities of Sierra Leone, the European Union will observe the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council Elections of 17 November. The Chief Observer of the European Union Election

Peacebuilding Commission Urges Government to Build National Unity Ahead of Crucial November Elections Foreign Minister Says Government ‘Firmly Committed’ to Peaceful, Credible Polls, as Commission Adopts Second Review of Outcome of 2009 High-Level Session Commending Sierra Leone

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Africa Business Initiative (ABI) is honored to announce today that General James L. Jones (in photo), former United States National Security Advisor and retired United States Marine Corps General,