Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a veteran feminist activist and politician was appointed Wednesday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the new executive director of UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, a
A Sierra Leonean Colonel, Michael M Samura (in photo) on Friday 12th July 2013 joined dozens of other colleagues from different countries around the world, when he graduated from the College of Defense Studies, National
TUNIS, Tunisia, July 11, 2013/ -- The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform (http://www.afdb.org) is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion in July 2013 of the last phase of the
Hon. Thomas B Turay (TBT) of Constituency 35 scored high points for a multi-million dollar investment towards Sierra Leone’s Tourism and Agriculture sector during the Swiss Summit of leaders held in Switzerland – Monteux recently.
AfDB, co-organizer of the 5th Africa Carbon Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire TUNIS, Tunisia, July 11, 2013/ -- For the fifth time the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) was a co-organizer of the Africa Carbon Forum (ACF)
The Vice Chairman of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Chief Alhaji Bai Shebora Somanoh Kapen has joined the race for his party’s leadership and National Chairmanship in the wake of the August
The Ross Road Police Division has instituted a robust search and arrested dozens of notorious blood thirsty youths referring to themselves as cliques in the Fourah Bay community in the east of Freetown. According to the
The killer menace is accelerating into an inevitable phenomenon that is synonymous to change and many people have deemed it as part of our culture. Things do change, but it depends on you the individual to
He is a new kid on the block but his debut track has already set the stage to make him a strong challenger for the emerging hip hop music genre in Sierra Leone. Based in
Sierra Rutile Ltd’s 2013 second quarter operational update indicates the company is on track to hit its full-year production targets, despite shutting down operations for 21 days in April to overhaul its dredge and floating
The General Manager of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA), Abu Bangura has disclosed that plans are already completed to merge his institution with the Tema Ports of the Republic of Ghana. He made this disclosure
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) on Wednesday 10th July, 2013 launched its report on official armed violence in Sierra Leone at the British Council Auditorium, Tower Hill, Freetown. The report aims at improving understanding of the
Report streaming into our newsroom from the Kenema bureau states that councilor representing the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in the Kenema District, Aloysius Vibbie and one other were remanded in the Kenema prison owing
Award winning artist Nasser Ayoub has releases his latest track: ‘Baby Nar You Kine.’ The song which is the 10 single releases so far by the National Music Awards (NMA) artist is getting great airplays
“The Predictability of Perceived Racism and College Satisfaction on College Self-Efficacy Among African American Male College Students” Abstract College self-efficacy, a construct that is rooted in self-efficacy theory, refers to whether or not a student believes he
