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December 2013

For many Christians around the world, Christmas has always been a very special day as it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. And in Sierra Leone, Christmas Day has been a day of spending time

Position: Project Assistant Organisational Unit: Enhanced Integrated Framework-National Implementation Unit, (EIF-NIU), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone Duty Station: Freetown, Sierra Leone with occasional travel to the Provinces Type of Contract: LDC Government Execution/ EIF Trust

Oscar award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg has disclosed that she is planning a visit soon to Sierra Leone. The ‘Sarafina’ star who recently discovered her DNA to the Kroo and Mende people of Sierra Leone said

As a highly eventual year of our party draws to a close, allow me to share a few reflections with you for the past and the coming year. Towards the end of  2012,we saw political

Beltship Management (SL) Ltd would like to express their deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased after the tragic accident at Tagrin Point on the evening of the 28 December. Beltship Management is cooperating fully

— Maged Abdelaziz and Ibrahim Mayaki Under-secretary-general Maged Abdelaziz, the special adviser to UN secretary-general and head of the Office of Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, the chief executive officer

Illicit money outflows are draining Africa’s domestic resources, depriving it of crucial investment funds. The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in illicit financial flows between 1980 and 2009—roughly equal

The management of the Jeety Trading Company led by Managing Director Mohindar Bir Singh has donated assorted roofing materials worth thirty (30) Million Leones to the Lumley Police Station as part of their Corporate Social

Marriage is the only legal institution to bring about family which is the nucleus of the society a very important and essential part of a Muslim life. In order to help build a good Islamic and

"How come with so many of our people excelling all over the world, from medicine to languages, to computer science, to engineering, and international administration that our country got stuck for so long at the

Texas, USA: December 25, 2013 - The extensive work undertaken to produce freedom of the press was made possible by the present administration and the contribution of local journalists and journalists in the diaspora who

In the heat of his passive-resistance campaign, the great Mahatma Ghandi once said “FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU, THEN THEY LAUGH AT YOU, THEN THEY FIGHT YOU AND THEN YOU WIN.” When Donald Roberts and I, including

Inspector General of Police, Mr. Francis Alieu Munu (n photo) has said that he will be not be intimidated by those who always look for the mistakes that the police make and amplify them but

The Chief Executive Officer of Disabled International Foundation - Sierra Leone, Madam Imambay Kadie Kamara (in photo), has described President Ernest Bai Koroma as a kind father who loves all his children especially the disabled

The East End Day Primary School, situated at 21 Guard Street in the east of Freetown, last Sunday held its Annual School Carol Service at the Truscott Memorial West Africa Methodist Church at Kissy Road