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February 2013

The Sierra Leone People's party (SLPP) Women’s Leader in Koinadugu District, Hawa Marah, has declared for the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) during a mammoth meeting in Kabala Town on the 17th February, 2013. The big

The Secretary-General of the Scrap Metals Association, John Kpaka, has vehemently condemned recent media reports alleging that the association is disorganized and lawless with an overdue executive that is not result-oriented. In a recent press release,

FC Serwo, a Lumley-based soccer outfit, on Sunday 17th February 2013, defeated Real Mack FC 2-0 to lift the covetous Rev. Emile Jones Trophy at the MAFA playing field. Real Mack’s 2:0 defeat came as a

Sierra Leone has porous borders with dozens of illegal and unmanned crossing points of which scores of illicit immigrants use to  flow into the country, thereby depriving the Immigration Department of much needed revenue and,

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Honorable Alhaji Usu Boie Kamara, has made an unofficial tour of the Bombali and Koinadugu Districts in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone to thank those who voted for

Popular businessman, Jamel Shallop and daughter, Manuella Shallop, were given a standing ovation and applauds when both received their various glittering trophies in the men’s and Ladies Amateur categories in the just concluded Johnnie Walker

Profile of Pa Poverty - Pa Poverty, a dreaded man, was born centuries ago in a tiny but mineral-rich country called Sierra Leone. He was never fortunate to darken the doors of any school nor

Quality Education has been the much trumpeted slogan of our progressively retrogressing educational system since the days of the Ahmed Tejan Kabbah-led Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government. However, the slogan has never been qualified

The Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom, Bai Koblo Queen, has, on behalf of the Manonkoh Community, apologized to London Mining Company for a breach of the MOU between the company and the community. In a letter

Aggrieved members of the poro society are reported to have invaded the Baptist Model Primary School in Mangeloko in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, sending the whole school in utter disarray with the headmistress

The APC Majority Leader in Parliament, Honorable Sheku Dumbuya, is reported to have dragged his nephew to court for Le 179 million. The report stated that Honorable Dumbuya recently accused the boy, Abu Bakarr Kamara, of

Leading iron ore miner, African Minerals has moved to engage government and higher learning institutions in Sierra Leone to boost capacity in the mining sector in anticipation of the sector’s potential growth in the coming

A three man United States of America delegation has taken off for Sierra Leone on a one day official visit to attend the inauguration of President Ernest Bai Koroma. President Koroma won Sierra Leone’s November 17th

In show of the Branch’s total commitment to the ideals, values and principles of the All People’s Congress party, the Chairman of the Asia Branch of the governing All People’s Carty, Comrade Turay Lamin has

Some twenty odd years ago, when I was just finishing university in the USA, I chose to travel to my country of heritage – Sierra Leone – to undergo female initiation.  This included female circumcision.