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July 2015

Apparently, social media is becoming more of a curse than a blessing and mobile phone companies including internet service providers have a pivotal role to play in regulating them. Many have now resorted to the indecent

The Inspector-General of the Sierra Leone Police, Francis Alieu Munu, has informed journalists that two police officers involved in the unlawful killings of two members of the public have been dismissed and promptly handed over

A new study shows that the number of children and adolescents who are out of school is on the rise, and grew to 124 million in 2013.  Released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Freetown: 2 July 2015: The Acting Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Hon Justice Valesius Thomas has today launched a two year project aimed at developing sentencing and bail policies and guidelines at the Bank of

PARIS, France, July 2, 2015/ -- Orange (http://www.orange.com), together with the other members of the ACE consortium, announces the launch of the ACE cable in Cotonou, Benin and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The connection of

The Parliamentary Committee on Lands, Country Planning, and the Environment on Wednesday the 01st July, 2015, engaged some companies operating in the country to produce their Environmental Impact Assessment Licenses and other related documents on

The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat on Friday 26th June, 2015 ended a four day intensive training programme for staff of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) on attitude, behaviour and change rebranding

Freetown, Jul. 1, 015 (MOHS) - The President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is to officially launch the Ministry of Health and Sanitation historic “Service Level Agreement” (SLA) on Friday July 3, 2015 at the Miatta

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict has spoken out for the first time expressing appreciation to Sierra Leoneans who poured out congratulatory messages on her following her award of

Texas, USA: June 29. Analysts described it as an implicit and explicit attitude when Sierra Leonean protesters skipped their busy job schedules to parade along Washington and London streets earlier this year crying for reinstating

Sierra Leone Azerbaijani-base midfielder Alfred Zagalo Sankoh has been named in his former Norwegian team Stromgodset team of the Centaury for his significant contributions to the club during his days at the capital club. Sankoh who

Neftci Baku state they are still no closer to knowing the future of Sierra Leonean midfielder Gibrilla Woobay who is attracting interest from a number of clubs across Europe and the Gulf. The Azerbaijani club look

A pregnant Sierra Leonean woman and her baby died after paramedics drove for more than an hour to a hospital 10 miles away instead of driving to the nearest A&E. Estherline Caulker, 39 who was born

Hon. Robin Faley on 25th 26th and 27th   June 2015 mobilized youth to clean Mosques in Port Loko. He also provided food for Muslims and helped in boosting Operation Northern Push by involving and motivating

‘Blind spots’ in aid programming, combined with national government failures, created a weak health system unable to respond to the Ebola shock The Ebola outbreak not only exposed major weaknesses in Sierra Leone’s health system but