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May 2013

GLC Recognizes the Gambia, Kenya, Zambia and Sierra Leone with 2013 Resolve Award WASHINGTON, May 20 /CSRwire/ - There is a global consensus that family planning and reproductive health is a life-saving, cost effective intervention that jumpstarts development.

Africa’s Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades.  It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours, educate millions of out-of-school

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has empowered physically challenged persons in Tonkolili District to stand against corrupt individuals and institutions.  (Photo: Alusine Y. Bangura Chairman Tonkolili District Disabled Association TDDA welcoming

Michael Felix Rowe is the first Sierra Leonean to receive the Executive Masters in Sports Organization Management (MEMOS) degree. The MEMOS programmed was supported by the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOC SL) through the

Partners in Relief and Development Sierra Leone (PaRD SL) at 3 Big Waterloo Street. Freetown has successfully led a consortium together with Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF), and Christian Community Development Programme (CCDP), to design and

Engineer and Station Manager of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWCO), Mr. Alimany Kolifa Kamara, has openly taken the bull by its horn by setting up a robust security team in Kenema.  The team will

The 87th minute goal from a free kick by forward Michael Osei – popularly known as Ember, a former member of Ghanaian national team Black Stars, as well as Ghana club champion Asante Kotoko, gave

As part of the development of the national sport structure, the Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association technical team stormed Bo city over the weekend to continue with the two days training which attracted over

20 May 2013.  Kalamazoo, Michigan - Vice Chancellors Professor Abu Sesay of Njala University and Professor Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr of the University of Sierra Leone have been the focus of much academic attention in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Former vice president and acting president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) JS Keifala has received heaps of praise from football stakeholders for organizing the Super League.  (Photo: JS Keifala) Keifala who is presently the

Kent Cricket Club Sierra Leone (formerly Kenemmanjane Cricket Club) beat Police Women’s Cricket Club by 9 wickets at the opening ceremony of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association National T20 Women's Premier League 2013.   (Photo: Ann

The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) concluded a two-day training of fifty police prosecutors at Kingtom Police Barracks on Saturday, held as part of the OTP’s ongoing effort to build capacity in Sierra Leone’s judicial

Sierra Leoneans in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week held a one-day meeting of all their nationals in the commercial city of Dubai. At the end of the meeting, they officially formed what they called

The cardinal function of a journalist, they say, is firstly to inform, but the emphasis here is on accuracy.  The journalist has the sacred responsibility to inform the public accurately, giving due regard to ‘facts’

Charles Margai Esq., actually got the needed media hype;(against him), he had time with police officers, or yes, he was their guest for some 66 hours; he was all over the place and the international