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September 2013

The Chief Executive Officer of Voice-Aid Sierra Leone, Ms. Josephine Saidu Konteh (in photo), has said that she has gained public attention through several media programmes in the country, noting that her organization has embarked

Mahmoud Tarawally (in photo), former Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, charged with the alleged rape of a young girl, was granted Le100 million bail at the Magistrate’s Court, Freetown, and the condition of

On transfer deadline day, a North London club, whose fans were reeling from previous activity, signed a creative midfielder from one of the traditionally great clubs of European football and on his debut, he appeared

Today on Al Jazeera’s talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi debates the new scramble for Africa, Nigerian politician Nkoyo Toyo calls for World Bank 'moratorium' on African land deal funding Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano says scramble for Africa "has never

Our erstwhile deputy minister of education, Mamoud Tarawally is currently not only fighting for his freedom, but for his life literarily. If you are six feet above ground in Sierra Leone or you are a

The All Peoples Congress (APC) party Deputy Chairman and Leader, who is also Mines Minister, Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray on 18th September, 2013 held discussions with the party’s Veterans Welfare Association in the conference room

The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will dispatch three Consular officers to Sierra Leone for the issuance of 2013 ‘Hajj’ visas, a Saudi Foreign Ministry official confirms last night. The officers, Messer’s Turki Ibraheem

At BBC Tok Bot Salone Debate… Residents of the Bombali Sebora and Makarie Gbanti Chiefdoms, mostly women farmers have called on the government of Sierra Leone start a new land deal with multinational companies especially with

Following the recent announcement by NEC of election of paramount chiefs in vacant chiefdoms across the region in the country, 13 candidates from six ruling houses have applied for the chieftaincy position in the Peje

Investment Banker JP Anderson said in Freetown on Monday 16th September 2013 that it would be developing the West Africa Over the Counter Market System, disclosing a new subsidiary the West Africa OTC Ltd incorporated

LAWYERS is concerned about the way the alleged rape incident involving the former Deputy Minister of Education has been reported by certain sections of the media. LAWYERS deplores recent newspaper articles and radio discussion programmes that

As a mark of its determination and resilience to eliminate graft in public sector entities, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Northern Regional Office has on Monday 16th September 2013, thoroughly sensitized staff of the Ministry of

Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO) New Jersey Chapter will hold a two day World Investment Conference on Friday, September 20 through September 21, 2013 at the Renaissance Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. President Dr. Goodluck

Sierra Leone’s Transport and Aviation Minister, Leonard Balogun Koroma on 16th September arrived in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, for the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Sierra Leone through

The Sierra Leone Embassy to the United States and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) conducted a successful Town Meeting last evening at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Maryland.  The theme of the joint meeting