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April 2013

Many Sierra Leoneans did not spend this year’s Easter Holiday happily, especially the teachers who did not receive their salaries before the holidays. The disgruntled teachers and many other workers accused government of spoiling their

Hundreds of fanatic supporters of the National Team, Leone Stars, have vowed to march to State House in a peaceful protest against the reappointment of Paul Kamara (in photo) as Minister of Sports. According to the

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) may indict Santigie Shilling Sesay, aka Santigie Shilling, a fuel dealer in Lunsar Town, Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District for selling fuel at Le 5,000 per litre contrary to the official

Alhaji Wurroh Jalloh, Acting Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) on 27th March 2013 was crossed-examined by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment and Public Service.  (Photo: Acting Executive Director SLMA, Alhaji Wurroh Jalloh) Parliament

Leading phone company Africell, has scheduled a road show with rapper Kao Denero ahead of his most anticipated ‘Back to My Root’ album launch. The Friday April 5th   street rally will start from Calaba Town to

World Vision Sierra Leone one the leading child welfare non-organisations in the country has recently rescued fire victims of  Blama Gbanie in the Bumpeh Chiefdom Bo District.  (Photo: Some of the donated items) The village of

The issue of political superiority in Port Loko District has caught the attention of many indigenes and non-indigenes of the District because the center can no longer hold. While females of the famous District are unifying

The United States Embassy in Freetown will soon open a library and archives section for the emergent Sierra Leone film industry.  (Photo: US Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Michael S. Owen) The Library and Archives section will

The Electoral Commission of SLAJ wishes to inform the membership of SLAJ that elections for SLAJ National and Regional Executives will take place during the Biennial Conference on Saturday April 13, 2013 from 10:00am to

In December 2012 IBIS, a non-profit, Danish non-governmental organisation that works at global, national and local levels to support equal access to education, influence and resources for both men and women through advocacy in Africa

In fulfillment of its mandate to protect people and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation, a team of regulators from the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (NSPRA) conducted inspections at the Sierra

Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan last Sunday, 31st March, 2013 discussed ways to enhance bilateral

Despite twenty years of successive presentations of African Film Festival (AFF) to audiences in New York and around the United States of America, Sierra Leonean born AFF founder and executive director is still humbled and

Saturday 9 March 2013 recorded a landmark event in the history of Sierra Leoneans in Australia as they celebrated the 2012 election victory of the All People’s Congress (APC) party of His Excellency the President

The three days working visit of President Ernest Bai Koroma and his delegation was full of activities.  Soon after his arrival at the Andrews Air-force Base on Tuesday night, President Ernest Bai Koroma and his