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February 2016

The Loko Chieftaincy Western Area, Loko Tribal Head and the general membership of the Loko Union called LANDOR WOH at the weekend met at the Leicester Community in the Mountain Rural District to take a

Parliament on Thursday 11th February, 2016 rejected the ratification of the agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and China Railway Seventh Group (SL) Limited (CRSG) for the widening of a four-lane and tolling of

After many decades when diamonds were discovered in Kono in the 1930s from colonial times, the precious minerals were plundered to the advantage of the colonialists. Going through the rigours of the exploitation, Kono offered herself

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Political scientists and leaders in ancient and modern times agree that there are features that distinguish democracy from other political systems. These include the power of the majority, its limitation and control, separation of powers,

In Part I of this topic, I treated it from a global point of view. For instance, I looked at the “Bokom Haram” in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the adverse effects of its

The ‘Nay’ had it in the well of Parliament last Thursday when the Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Infrastructure, Mr. Babagaleh Barrie, piloted the Concession Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone represented by

The Chairman of Network of Asylum Seekers in Sierra Leone, Mr. Abdulai Daramy, has on behalf of the general membership of the organization intervened in the recent deportation of Sierra Leoneans from the United Kingdom. Addressing

The Paramount Chief of Sella Limba Chiefdom, Kandeh Luseni III, has expressed satisfaction with the operations of AMR Gold in his chiefdom.   (Photo: PC Kandeh Luseni grateful to AMR Gold leadership) PC Luseni was admonishing his

Following the publication of a story in a local tabloid on Tuesday that implicated the Loko Tribal Head in the Western Area, Alhaji Alpha Saidu Sesay, elders of the tribe in a meeting yesterday resolved

As a result of the devastating effect of the Ebola Epidemic that grounded the annual activities of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), the forces will observe their 7th Annual Armed Forces Week

Let me share this with you for starters: a young traffic policeman stopped us one day on my to work by the Cotton Tree in Freetown, demanding the driver’s license. My girl friend was on the

On my way to work yesterday, I had a brief conversation with a colleague journalist and brother I met at one of our rendezvous on Rawdon Street in Freetown. During our conversation, he told me

As part of their public disclosure mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Heineken Foundation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) has disbursed Le515M for the construction of a community health centre

The Chairman of Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), Hon. Justice M.E. Tolla Thompson, on Tuesday cautioned officials of the commission to be committed to their planned activities for 2016 in order to achieve their objectives. Hon.