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December 2013

The Papal of the Holy See and head of the 1.5Billion Roman Catholic Christians, Pope Francis has offered prayers for the people and government of Sierra Leone. The Holy Father also offered special prayers for

I got an unholy wake up call at the small hours of Saturday 14th December. In a riot of being half asleep and juggling to reach the handset, the call got disconnected.  Not so nice

Right now, Sierra Leone is like a bridge broken at the farther end. Our conflicting interests are not only making national identity and total reconciliation so problematic, the lack of collective, coherent and cohesive focus, as

H E Wusu B Munu who served as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 2008 - 2013 formally

on the “Causes of and Solutions to Ethnic Based Politics, Religious and Cultural Discriminations” in Sierra Leone As a component of the Youth Sensitization Campaign against Ethnic Voting, Religious and Cultural Discrimination project being implemented by

Just a day, after the Embassy of the United States of America’s Public Affairs office in Freetown, issued a press release on Sierra Leone’s ability to continue working toward Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Development,

Sheikh Umarr Kamarah & Marjorie Jones, eds.Sierra Leone Writers Series, Freetown, 2013 If you must borrow salt from a neighbour to finish preparing your stew, you’ll never have enough to do the job properly.  This is

It is that time of the year again, when the African and American Communities in the Greater Washington, DC Metropolitan Area and beyond come together to join the Fullah Progressive Union (FPU) for it’s annual

Women all over the World, but particularly in Africa, have been marginalized by men because they were considered as kitchen utensils and child bearers. In Europe and America, male chauvinism kept women back from participating

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) and the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited on Friday 13th December launched a partnership agreement on drink-driving on the theme: ‘Stay Alive, don’t drink and drive’, held at the

Last July, US President Barack Obama set the spark for his Power Africa programme that will help sub-Saharan African countries build power production and transmission projects and double their electricity access. President Obama announced in

Oscar winning actress, Whoopi Goldberg, wants to return home to Sierra Leone, SaloneJamboree has learnt.  The ‘Sarafina’ star actress who discovered her DNA (Africanancestry.com) to Sierra Leone is now ready to return to Sierra Leone

For many people, the phrase maritime piracy evokes images of a one-eyed sailor drinking rum and singing obscene songs. For some younger people, piracy may bring to mind the picture of Hollywood actor Johnny Depp,

UN figures show some 70% of sub-Saharan Africans do not have access to adequate sanitation CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, December 13, 2013/ -- Op-ed by Lindlyn Moma, Regional Advocacy Manager for WaterAid in Southern Africa (http://www.wateraid.org) Africa’s leaders have

This holiday season the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) has published some advice to help those who are grieving. The holiday season is a time for loved ones and families to come together and celebrate. It