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June 2013

Alhassan Kamara is reported to be on the run after he was accused of orchestrating the chaos that broke out in Bo on September 9,  last year when SLPP Presidential flag bearer, Julius Maada Bio,

The Minister of Youth Affairs, Honourable Alimamy Kamara has inspected a proposed site for the construction of a dynamic Youth Village at the Koya Chiefdom in the Port Loko District. The Minister was accompanied by

President Ernest Bai Koroma and delegation including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr. Samura Kamara passed through Senegal on their way back to Freetown from attending the three days TICAD 5 Conference

FIFA ranking ahead of Tunisia clash Sierra Leone down three places Ahead of Sierra Leone World Cup qualifier with Tunisia this Saturday, Sierra Leone moves down three places to 70th in the World of the latest

Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia is to visit Freetown next week, Hani Agha, Travel and External Affairs Manager, Office of

President Ernest Bai Koroma has disclosed that the Agenda for Prosperity programme, which he will be launching this June, “is a mega and multi-faceted project with eight pillars, each pillar carrying its own flagship projects”. In

Tunisia continued with their preparation on Tuesday under new coach Nabil Maaloul (in photo) as they prepared for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifier against Sierra Leone. Nabil a former player himself played with the Tunisian team that

One of the dynamic and proactive Ministers in the APC Government is the Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Honourable Moijue  Kaikai.  (Photo: Moijue Kaikai receives award from Hajj authorities) In his ministry, he

Cell phones reshape youth cultures The sight of teenagers selling mushrooms using mobile phones is becoming a familiar one in rural Namibia. Namibia Polytechnic faculty member Maurice Nkusi, designer of a cell phone–based curriculum, told the

As an entrepreneur, 32-year-old chemistry graduate Jason Njoku achieved success in a most unlikely way: he is Africa’s largest distributor of Nigerian movies, and has raked in over $8 million since 2010, when he founded

The frequent blackout that now characterizes our capital city, Freetown, and the provincial cities of Bo and Kenema, is clearly serving as a threat to President Koroma’s much sung Agenda for Prosperity as uninterrupted and

Leading mobile company Airtel has partnered with the National Program Coordinating Unit/Technical Assistance Agency (NPCU/TAA) which the International Fund for Agricultural Development  (IFAD) is funding.  This partnership took place in Kenema on May 30, 2013. Corporate

In Sierra Leone, solar lights are being installed around the country and extended to some provincial towns as well.  But what is happening to the National Power Authority (NPA) that provides electric power supply to

Sierra Leone national side Leone Stars are hosting Tunisia at the Freetown National Stadium in the Group B World Cup qualifier return leg.  Unarguably this is a must win game, any other result will slim

In a bid to complement Government’s effort in ensuring good road networks in the country, descendants of Guara chiefdom over the weekend embarked on a road maintenance exercise along the road from Kenema to the