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October 2013

Over 1,000 people from the 14 sections in Sanda Magbonlonthur Chiefdom, Port Loko District, on 24th October 2013 congregated in the chiefdom headquarter town of Sendugu to give a rousing welcome to the candidate of

Often, flying rumors tend to be fabricated. But situation at the border post (Gbalamuya) in the Kambia district, north-west of the country is otherwise, likely proven right. This is followed by a close visit and

At the Harry Yansanneh memorial hall, on 57 Campbell Street in the central part of the capital of Freetown, about fifty Journalists from across the country have benefitted from two-day quality training on “context analysis

Freetown, 29th October, 2013- The Sierra Leone Parliament today enacted into law, the Right to Access Information Act, 2013 otherwise known as, the “Freedom of Information Act”. The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alpha B.S

On Friday, 25 October 2013, Maada Bio, the former Head of State and Presidential Candidate of Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) [2012 Elections] joined hundreds of Sierra Leoneans at the Odeon Cinema, Greenwich, London,  for

African Minerals Limited (AML) in Sierra Leone lost two of its key longest-serving staff last week.  Mr. Mustapha Kamara, Coroporate Affairs Manager, and Mr. Musa Bangura, Social and Community Manager (in photo), both of whom

The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority under the Ministry of Energy have started a four days intensive training on Regulatory Authority Information Systems (RAIS) for its technical staff. The training which is part of

Freetown- 25 October 2013 - London Mining Management Statement London Mining announced it met yesterday with members of the Serra Leone Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Labour to present documentation related to human resources, payroll and work

Appeal Judgement in the contempt case of Independent Counsel v. Prince Taylor will be delivered on 30 October 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Freetown time. The judgement will be delivered in The Hague by a three-judge

“Private Sector Is Strategic for Regional Development” says Usman Boie Kamara ECOWAS Ministers of Trade in the ECOWAS Member States over the weekend met at the NOVOTEL Hotel, in the Senegalese capital of Dakar for the

ACCRA, 28 October 2013. The African business community is adopting the use of mobile devices very rapidly. This is the main conclusion drawn from the survey conducted by the Africa Business Panel. 1776 African business

The Minister of Internal Affairs  Joseph. B.  Dauda yesterday touched down in Dakar Senegal on transit to a  two day meeting in Cote d’ivoire  to attend the West Africa Coast Initiative (WACI) meeting . The project

Members of the Sierra Leone Association for Journalists (SLAJ) agreed at last week’s meeting at their 56 Campbell Street headquarters in Freetown, to stage a big demonstration through a general news blackout across the country. According

Pastor Hassan Mansaray, Overseer of the His Helping Healing Hands International (4HIM), who was convicted by Justice J.B. Katutsi for corruption offenses and given an alternative sentence of a Le250 million fine or six years

A source at the Sierra Leone Roads Transport Corporation (SLRTC), has intimated to this paper that SLRTC General Manager, Bockarie Lewis Kamara, on Monday, October 21 this year, caused serious embarrassment to the Minister of