“No amount of money and gifts would bring their lives. But we really appreciated the kind hearts our brothers and sisters in America have shown to us…” said Hawa Kallon, sister to the late Abu
Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts (BEFFTA) awards has honoured the wonderful personality Faith Okrafo-Smart (in photo) with a special honorary award BEFFTA HUMANITARIAN AWARD. Faith Okrafo-Smart is a Social Policy and Sociology graduate, a
As I sit here fasting and praying for Syria and the Middle East in response to Pope Francis’ call, my thoughts are on two things: the experience I had in Jordan, and what it was
Accra, Ghana – Cousin Zilala, Executive Director of Amnesty International, Zimbabwe, describes policy advocacy as the core business of his organisation. He took part in a three - day training on Introduction to Policy Advocacy
Thou Shall Eat foundation (TSE), a community based organization registered and incorporated with the Department of Treasury-Internal Revenue Services (IRS) of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America as a state corporation, has been
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 13 September 2013 – In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide – 18,000 children per day – died before reaching their fifth birthday, according to a new report released today by UNICEF, the World
A strong power supply entity that supplies electricity for the southern and eastern provinces of the republic of Sierra Leone known as the Bo-Kenema Power Services (BKPS) was over the weekend threatened to be taken
Four former employees of the Mano River Union (MRU) Secretariat in Sierra Leone on 14th September 2013 informed the popular Monologue Program on Citizen Radio FM 103.7 that after working for over twenty-five years and
A recent report by the BBC reveals a threatening dimension of witchcraft belief in Chad. This time, people are not banishing alleged witches to camps as in Ghana, or driving ‘child witches’ to the streets
Mahmoud Tarawally (in photo), former Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, today appeared at the Magistrate’s Court, Freetown, in front of Magistrate Tonia Barnette on an alleged rape charge and was refused bail. Tarawally’s 15
A team of eight Sierra Leone Government officials from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) unit and a Government Minister led by the Chief of Staff of State House Dr. Richard K. Konteh has arrived in
Sierra Leone international Kei Kamara who was a deadline day transfer for Middlesbrough was part of the Boro' squad that lost to Ipswich town 3-1 in the English Championship league last weekend at Portman road. The
In a bid to promote quality education in primary schools across the country World Vision Sierra Leone has completed a one month intensive In-service training for185 primary school at N’jala Campus in Bo and also
TUNIS, Tunisia, September 14, 2013/ -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) will support Guinea’s Conakry Electricity Network Rehabilitation and Extension Project (PREREC2) with a loan and a grant totaling US $16.66 million approved
Latest report reaching this press alleges that one of the bulldozer machines belonging to Bolloree West Africa Logistics at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay has claimed the life of one Bangura residing at Kissy Bye
