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April 2016

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 3 April 2016, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Since the 1990s, perception-based measures have been influential in determining levels of corruption on the continent. The fourth Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African Governance

The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company (SLPMC), Mr. Henry Yamba Kamara has been invited by the Foundation for Democracy, the AGOA Civil Society Network in Washington to speak at the World

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security has challenged the people of Torma Bum in the Bum Chiefdom, Bonthe District to bring the agricultural rich environment from the darkness to light. Addressing farmers and

The proposed Deputy Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Akhmed Femi Mansaray, together with members of Wara Wara Bafodia Community in the Western Area has paid a courtesy call on the veteran politician from Koinadugu

Architects at the drawing board of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) identified gender equality and women’s empowerment as key to achieving all the other goals. Six out of the eight MDGs mentioned women and girls

The newly nominated Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Alimamy Petito Koroma, has hailed the Loko ethnic group for promoting tribal consciousness.  (Photo: Proposed Ambassador-Alimamy Petito Koroma) The APC politician hailed the Lokos

The Parliamentary Committee on Appointment and the Public Service yesterday interviewed seven presidential nominees at Committee Room Number 1, Parliament Building at Tower Hill, Freetown. The seven presidential nominees were the proposed Deputy Minister in the Ministry

VOTE MASSIVELY FOR APC IN 2018! Following his sudden removal from office early March this year, the erstwhile Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Alhaji Moijueh Kaikai visited his home district Pujehun during the

The Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with development partners at the weekend joined the world to commemorate the ‘World Water Day’ with the theme: “Water and Jobs.” The commemoration ceremony, which attracted policy-makers, development partners,

Vice President Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh last week Thursday formally did the turning of the sod of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) new headquarters building at South Ridge, Hill Station, at the back of US

I remember a friend saying that gay rights is the issue of our generation and, while I agreed at the time, I can’t help but feel that he was not entirely correct. As a woman, I

Sierra Leone’s President, His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma undoubtedly has the tenacity and wisdom to bring onboard his administratively talented compatriots capable of transforming the vision for Sierra Leone into reality. (Photo: Dr. Samura

Sierra Leone has a vision of making the agriculture sector the ‘engine’ for socio-economic growth and development through commercial agriculture and the promotion of private sector investment in it.  (Photo: Professor Monty Jones and the

President Ali Bongo ONDIMBA, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF president Issa Hayatou attended AFCON 2017 unveiling ceremony as Gabon plays Sierra Leone in Franceville FRANCEVILLE, Gabon, March 25, 2016/ -- President Ali Bongo Ondimba of

Sierra Leonean business magnate, investor and philanthropist, Mr. Gibril Santigie Moseray Fadika, was on 16th March, 2016 appointed as the first Goodwill Ambassador and Business Ambassador for the Commonwealth Africa Initiative at the Commonwealth Africa