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September 2013

As Acting AIG, East detained sickly female teacher at the Ross Road police station, civil society groups planned to storm the said police station in angry protest. Speaking to this press in tears, Madam Fatmata Bangura,

The anti-graft commission has wedded three civil society organizations against the fight on corruption. The epoc-making event which was organized by the ACC at their Conference Hall last Wednesday attracted several personalities including the three civil

Latest report reaching this press speaks of a case of bad policing involving police officers attached to the Port Loko police station. According to source, a commercial vehicle AFK 258 that was allegedly on a clandestine

As the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Diamond Dealers Association in Kono, Mr. Brima Lebbie, has said that all investors coming into Sierra Leone to buy gold and diamonds, especially in the Kono district,

Latest reports reaching this press have stated that the much talked about mutiny or coup has led to the detention of one Captain Prince Sesay and 12 others. Military sources narrated of how Captain Sesay and

Latest report reaching this press has intimated that widespread corruption is presently going on at the traffic section of ‘A’ Division which is headed by the District Traffic Officer (DTO), Inspector Kabbah. The report further disclosed

You cannot help but get a sense of doom, as the clouds gather around Syria. A palpable sense of déjà vu has been whetting the political taste buds of the big guys; as they gather

Many local and International newspapers have confirmed the arrest of an unspecified number of soldiers over an alleged foiled mutiny in the mid month of August, 2013. The detention of the alleged conspirators was also

President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), who also doubles Managing Editor of Awoko, Kelvin Lewis, on Thursday 12th September, arrived in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on the invitation of People’s Daily

The Mayor of New Haven in Connecticut, United States of America (USA) John De Stefano Jr. has indicated that the tie between the two capitals of Freetown and New Haven is still binding.  (Photo: r-l: 

The Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh (in photo), interacted with the Sierra Leoneans in Australia, especially those in Sydney during an exclusive radio telephone interview from China.

Over 300 supporters of the former Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Haja Afsatu Kabba, residing in fish-rich Tombo in the Western Rural District, have planned to join other colleague supporters to demonstrate before the

In a bid to close the gap between the rich and the poor World Vision Sierra Leone in partnership with Health for All Coalition has launched a report in Bo and Bonthe District titled ‘Close

Sierra Leone has developed a strong financial services sector which managed to weather the global financial crisis and is now building on the country’s stable macroeconomic fundamentals as the financial sector is dominated by banking,

Warning to Chief Torto of Kono The attention of the Executive Committee of the Football Association has been drawn to the unsavory and scathing statements peddled by Chief Torto, Chairman of Diamond Stars Football Club of