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April 2016

The House of Parliament last week Thursday approved the presidential nominees that were nominated by President Dr/ Ernest Bai Koroma on Sunday 13th March, 2016. Their nomination coincided with the sudden death of Hon. Amb.

ACC calls for implementation of Kingtom Communique As part of its commitment to address the persistent levying of accusations of corruption  against the Sierra Leone  Police (SLP) and Traffic Warden Corps, the  Public Education Department  of

Health And Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has said that Ebola is a stubborn disease and has the tendency to recur based on historical evidence, and lauded border personnel for being vigilant.  (Photo: Cross section of

Some Sierra Leoneans dislike their own country so intensely that whenever there is an international index by monitoring organizations, if their country is not given a poor rating, they become very unhappy. Similarly, if an

“Football is a viable vehicle of communication that can be very useful in the fight against corruption.”  This was how the Deputy Director of Public Education and Outreach at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Patrick Sandi,

The controversy swirling over the proposed construction of an international airport at Mamamah in Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District is always being amplified by World Bank whenever the opportunity arises. For instance, when the Government

Nine presidential nominees were yesterday approved in the well of Parliament at Tower Hill, Freetown. The nine presidential nominees approved were the proposed Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mohamed Alie Jalloh, proposed Minister of Information

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has on Thursday 7th April 2016 held a one  day stakeholders workshop on review of its Strategic Plan at the Authority’s Head Office in Freetown. Welcoming the participants, SLRSA Board

With the nominations and approval of various professionals in the recent cabinet reshuffle, many political analysts have dubbed the move as something to watch, something to notify the critics that indeed 'APC grows stronger every

Rwandan government implements an ambitious development master plan Rwanda’s moniker, “land of a thousand hills,” not only attests to the country’s unique geography but also suggests the trajectory of Kigali through its many crises to become

Africa’s cities of the future With an annual economic growth rate of about 5% over the last decade, driven mainly by the commodities boom, African cities have seen skyrocketing population growth, forcing governments to face a

At a ceremony held in the City Hall of Dallas, Texas, USA on April 1st, diplomats, business people, members of different chambers of commerce, and a large contingent of Sierra Leoneans, were all present in

Port Loko, April 8, 016 (MOHS) - Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Masiaka Magistrate Court on Friday 8th April, 2016 sentenced Josie Lappia an ambulance driver attached to the Endemic Disease Unit of the Bo

Can they Go One Better than Octéa? In 2003, Octéa, formerly Koidu Holdings S.A, won the right to explore what is the present day Tonguma Limited concession in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom in the Kenema District.