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March 2016

The National Telecommunications Company (NATCOM) that regulates telecommunication outfits operating in Sierra Leone, has fined Airtel a whopping US$1.2 million for its poor service delivery. This was disclosed at a news conference held at the NATCOM

Report indicates that an employee of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, and an official of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) working at the Customs post, on March 9th, this year, physically

Coordinator in the office of the President, Abdulai Bayraytay, has said the police in Bo have arrested members of the Empire Movie Production for their latest movie titled “Tribal War.” Making the disclosure at the weekly

About 160 aggrieved swabbers that were attached to the defunct National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) took to the streets of the capital on motorbikes on Wednesday in protest of three months’ salaries due them.  According

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Theo Nicol, has entreated media practitioners to fully utilize the Right to Access Information Commission as a potent tool for balanced and accurate information to the public. He disclosed

Let me at the outset state here that Gloucester is part of the Mountain Rural District. I will try to say by definition what Gloucester is in terms of agriculture. It is an agrarian community with

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has disclosed plan to visit Sierra Leone to dialogue with the Government of His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and different stakeholders in

On the 2nd March, 2016 His Excellency Osman Keh Kamara, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa presented his letters of credentials to His Excellency Pierre

Islamic scholars who are currently undergoing training to become sheiks, imams or Muslim clergies have on Wednesday 24th February 2016, hailed the Anti-Corruption Commission for including every facet of society in the anti-graft fight, and

Come May 2016, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Liberians living in the United States without work authorization will expire.  (Photo: Amaha Kassa, Esq., founder and Executive Director of African Communites Together) Unless

Kenema, Mar. 7, 016 (MOHS) - Paramount Chiefs, Councilors and key stakeholders from the three districts in the Eastern region Kono, Kailahun and Kenema have lauded President Koroma’s initiative on the establishment of a National

Over 100 journalists from 44 African countries on March 4 2016 convened in Elmina, Ghana, to tackle issues in the fisheries sector. They witnessed how sustainable fishery management can reduce extreme poverty, build climate resilient

Call it Appalling; Pathetic and Contentious (APC) are few adjectives one may be tempted to use in describing recent happenings in our beloved country, called Sierra Leone.  Sierra Leoneans are used to facing shocks in

It is high time we re-discover the person in us and see what we are capable of doing (Photo: Fatmata Kamara, Chairlady of Women’s Forum, National Union of Sierra Leone Students (NUSS)) The International Women’s Day

“What I don’t believe in is the talk of unity after the delegates’ conference to choose our flag-bearer to fight the APC in the 20118 polls. It is now. Under the current circumstances, we need