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October 2012

Two years ago, Manonkoh, a small farming village of about 35 households in an area close to the Marampa mining concession of London Mining Company in the north of Sierra Leone began complaining about creeping

As Turkey takes up the role of unilaterally declaring and policing its own but unofficial “no fly zone” as the self- anointed “keeper of peace”, the indications become glaringly clear that it is just a

The National Electoral Commission’s (NEC) prescribed date for the commencement of political parties campaign for the November 17th polls is today 17th October, though unofficially campaigning seems to have started a long time ago. Instead of

Reports reaching this press allege that Alhaji Dumbuya, a senior official of the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning has been named in a dubious land deal in the controversial Kossoh Town land saga. According

Sierra Leone National Shipping Company Ltd., Managing Director, Mr. James Sonnie John, has broken his silence following the long dispute on the missing of those two out of six containers at the quay. According to him

The Commissioner for National Revenue Authority (NRA) Mr. Ibrahim Sorie Kamara over the weekend confirmed that his institution has slammed a fine of Le30,000,000 on OSENKO a sub-contact firm working for the London Mining Company

The All Political Parties Women Association on 16th October demonstrated by a peaceful march to support a credible, free, fair and  violence free election come November 2012. Addressing the women from various political parties the Secretary

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation together with Development partners will be carrying out National Immunization Days (NIDS) from 19-22 Oct to prevent under five years old children from Polio. This was revealed at the conference

I arrived in Sierra Leone slightly over a week ago, in the company of three MRU Ambassadors to China. Our visit was in line with the commitment of the three Ambassadors to work towards the

Washington, DC, Monday 15th October, 2012:  Professor V.E.H. Strasser-King, today led a two-man delegation from Sierra Leone, to make a case for Sierra Leone’s Millennium Goal score-card to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington

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Globally, nearly 870 million people are suffering from hunger, with 27 per cent to be found in Africa TUNIS, Tunisia, October 16, 2012/ -- The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) joined its development partners and member countries

In a bid to take control of the South and East from the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) the members of the All Peoples Congress (APC) from the Southern and Eastern regions of Sierra Leone

Paramount Chief of Kamabai, PC Alimamy Salifu Mana Kalawa, on Sunday 14th October assured President Ernest Bai Koroma of victory in the Novenber 17th Elections. HE President Ernest Bai Koroma was visiting the northern provincial town

Hundreds of youths across Bo the second largest city in Sierra Leone on Sunday October 14th, demonstrated their desires with placards condemning violence in the elections slated for November 17. The group  named Kissy-Town Section Youths