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December 2013

Airtel on Saturday, November 30 conducted its first ever ‘Kech am big’ promotion at their Rawdon Street office in Freetown. The promotion from which a lot of subscribers have benefitted in the daily and weekly draws,

More hope for the needy in Sierra Leone The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in Ludenscheid, Germany, continues to strengthen its partnership with the Sierra Leone Chapter in supporting humanitarian projects in the country.  Ambassador

Airtel this past Friday, November 29, donated 5,000 aprons to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. In her statement at the ceremony, Airtel’s Corporate Affairs Manager, Ms. June Rose Johnson, said that Airtel will continue to

On Saturday on Talk To Al Jazeera, embattled Malawian president Joyce Banda (in photo) denied that, 18 months into office, she has failed with regard to fighting corruption. Not directly elected to her office, Banda assumed

PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2 December 2013 Sixteen distinguished jurists were sworn-in as Judges of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, the institution which will succeed the Special Court which closes this month. Each

Sierra Leoneans residing in the Hellenic Republic of Greece have catalogued some of the difficulties they’re experiencing ranging from lack of jobs, harassment, intimidation, molestation and accommodation.  Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie presenting his Letters of Credence

Just few weeks ago after the Government of Sierra Leone secured the biggest grant-in-aid loan ever given to an African nation by the Republic of South Korea, the architect behind the scenes, Lawyer Omrie Golley

with pride in our partnership and gratitude for a job exceptionally well done Brussels - Rome, 2 December 2013 - In a ceremony held today at its premises in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Special Court for

For almost a year plus, in the northern city of Makeni, there has been 24 hours power supply from the main Bunbuna hydro dam. But the service, despite every effort of the central government to

Monday, 2nd December, saw the referral of a case having to do with one Albert Kargbo  of Makeni.  Albert was arraigned on five counts, ranging from conspiracy, robbery with violence, wounding with intent, wounding and

From Winnipeg, Canada, Anthony Kamara (Sr) writes: On a beautiful Tuesday morning, February 4, 1958, the Catholic Mission in northern Sierra Leone started its first Secondary school in the north central city of Makeni with 40

Explaining about some of the work that his Ministry is engaged in, the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Dr. Matthew Teambo has stated that the Labour Force Survey exercise has begun and that they have

As the Chieftaincy election in Sanda Magbolonthor Chiefdom, Port Loko District gets closer, the inhabitants of the Chiefdom have vowed to demonstrate their unflinching support they have for the awaiting Chief, Mr. Umar Abdulai Mansary. The

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013, the Mayor of the Freetown City Council, His Worship Bode Gibson, together with architects and businessmen visited the dilapidated structure of the King Jimmy Market and its environs to appraise

Miss Mayene Sesay, popularly known as Malisha Da Queen who started her business in the Netherlands by organizing fashion shows and had the first Sierra Leonean cultural dance group there where she lived for five