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January 2013

The clock is ticking and the years are rolling slowly before an era of prosperity rolls over to an era of a developed Sierra Leone in 2017. God willing, Amen. This and many more positive

The executives of the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat stormed the 2 Infantry Battalion situated in the outskirt of Kenema city in the morning hours of Wednesday 9thJanuary 2013 to lecture on democracy, good

It is true that without people’s participation, democracy cannot deliver to it potential. And the fact that Sierra Leoneans participated in the past November polls in high numbers demonstrate their commitment to the democratic dispensation

Addis Ababa, 11 January 2013 - Where and how do we get to that prosperous Africa by 2063, and what will be the different roles of AUC, ECA and AfDB 50 years from now?  The

The Agenda for Prosperity is explicit in terms of government’s readiness to deepening the country’s democracy and rule of law. Generally, prosperity and stability are a far cry in any state that is neither democratic

The Commission wishes it to be known by the general public that on the 4th December 2012 it received a letter of complaint from a cross section of members belonging to the United Democratic Party

The newly inaugurated Chairman of Bo District Council, Joseph Munda Bindi, has said that until and unless central government practicalizes the devolution of some of the functions of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) to

The night I visited Sierra Leone Naval Base at Gbangbatoke in Moyamba District, I was left with no alternative but to reach the conclusion that the soldier commanding the base is a classical example of

Traffic Wardens are reported to be seriously undermining the ongoing Operation WID that was recently launched by President Ernest Bai Koroma in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Alford Dillet reports. Operation WID has been launched

President Ernest Bai Koroma late last week announced majority of his nominations for his new cabinet. Again, as is always expected, there are some ministers from the old cabinet who are retained in their incumbent

Operation WID has been an occasion of joy and sorrow. The ongoing operation launched by His Excellency the president, Ernest Bai Koroma, to sanitize Freetown has left many Sierra Leoneans weeping bitterly and many others

Koidu Limited, a subsidiary of Octea Mining is alleged to be in the habit of illegally and unlawfully dismissing its staff.  This time they have dismissed Mr. Mani Brima, a Mechanic Foreman. According to him, he

As a way of combating the heightened spate of tax evasion undermining the National Revenue Authority (NRA) revenue generating efforts, the Authority has established an independent intelligence and investigative unit to deal with tax evaders. The

Patriotic Professor Parrot is frustrated over the dramatic decline of our educational standard from hero to zero, from Athens to where we are. Mass failure in public exams has become the order of the day. Therefore,

As Operation WID goes full swing, we have started receiving unpleasant reports of violent confrontations the police and traders, the  most recent being the disgraceful incident at Rawdon Street where an aggrieved Lebanese businessman had