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February 2013

Traders in Sewa Grounds / Victoria Park in central Freetown who were anticipating a boom in sales after the 2012 elections and the Christmas season have expressed disappointment over the current situation. The traders, who recorded

Personnel attached to the Adonkia Police Division have been castigated for letting go a dangerous suspect, David N'Yandemoh who reportedly inflicted a severe wound amounting to twelve stitches on business man Ibrahim Bah at Lakka

In a bid to improve the level of education in Sierra Leone the Choithram International Foundation through its scholarship fund has allocated the sum of eighty two million and three hundred and fifty thousand Leones

The International Executive Director of the Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace Unity and Justice, Mr. Alimamy Abu Bakarr Sankoh has urged politicians to uphold the tenets of justice, rule of law and respect for

Freetown, SLENA:  Parliament has approved seven presidential appointees to head various public institutions in the country. Those approved were:  Olu Niyie Robbin Coker, Minister of Energy, Mr.  Chide Minah, Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr. 

The newly reappointed Minister of State, Eastern Region, Hon. William Juana Smith (in photo) has received a hero’s welcome in the city of Kenema. The programme which took place in the regional headquarters, Kenema, attracted hundreds

Fly540africa.com, a West African airline headquartered in Accra, Ghana; has recently started operating internal flights to a number of locations across both Ghana and Angola.  In addition Fly 540 has just launched some international flights

A six man strong South Korean delegation from MAKE GROUP (a South Korean investment company) is expected to arrive in Freetown this afternoon on the invitation of the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on a

The success or failure of our economy is measured not by the size of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), but rather by the extent to which the living standards of the vast majority of Sierra Leoneans are rising.

Chairman Western Area Rural District Council, Mr. Alhassan Cole has disclosed that there is no democracy without the people, as according to him, democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 30, 2013/ -- Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued a stark warning in Monrovia on Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel that is meeting this week

Subscribers of Comium across the country have raised concern as to whether ‘Comium Straight Top up Promo’ is a reality. The promotion, which should have ended in December 2012, with the ultimate winner receiving a Mercedes

Recently Sierra Leone was announced by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States government to be eligible for Compact programme, having passed twelve out of twenty performance indicators used by the MCC to

ADDIS ABABA January 29, 2013 - On the margins of the African Union summit of Heads of State, Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, held a meeting with UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella.  (Photo: Press

Wealth brings excitement and importance, plus respect. That is the case of present-day Sierra Leone, or at least that is what President Koroma’s ‘Agenda for Prosperity’ is ladling us with, that the nation is confronted