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November 2017

The All Peoples Congress (APC) party running mate and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah (Chericoco) have officially launched the Kandad Women and Youth Organization at the jam-packed Berwick Street in Freetown

The Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organization (SLANGO) has ended 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM) this year.  (Photo: SLANGO Coordinator responding to interview ) The 12th AGM meeting which attracted heads of Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO’s),

The Secretary General, Eastern Paddle Cultural Organization, Abdallah Ahmed Sesay has told press men in Freetown that as an organization, they never supported any single political party but rather complementing any incumbent Government.  (Photo: Eastern Paddle

Detective Police Constable Jeminatu Finney yesterday, the 1st of November, 2017 testified before Magistrate Albert Moody of Court No.1 at Siaka Stevens Street Freetown in a case of an alleged murder involving one accused person,

Spokesperson of the National Elections Watch (NEW), Ngolo Katta said they have developed a Media Monitoring Policy for Sierra Leoneans to continue benefitting from violent free elections with high level of political tolerance.   (Photo:

At 9:00 a.m. this morning, the editor of Sierra Express Media (SEM), Ibrahim Alusine Kamara (in photo), was attacked by thieves around Fire Borne along Fouray Bay Road in the Central part of Freetown. Kamara left

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Ethiopia and two distinguished Sierra Leoneans were on Tuesday, 31st October, 2017 honoured with honorary PhD degrees by the Commonwealth University in London with affiliation in the

The High Court of Sierra Leone Holden at Freetown presided over by the Honorable Justice Babatunde Edwards, on 30th October 2017, convicted Francis Lahai, Chief Executive Officer of Variety Children and Family Services, on one

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer 1, Dr. Sarian Kamara has officially launched the National Polio Round Three Campaign on Saturday October 27, 2017 at the Ross Road Community Health Centre in Freetown.  (Photo: Deputy Chief

Beijing, 2017/10/30: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Elesabeth N. Mans, on Monday, 30th October, 2017 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vice Minister of Agriculture, People’s Republic of Chinese, Yu

The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles arrived in Johannesburg, South African today, October 30, for a five-day conference on legal empowerment in Africa. Ms. Carlton-Hanciles will take part in a

This piece is in response to two recent articles. One is titled ‘The APC Convention: A Political Façade, if not a Joke’ authored by one Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and carried in page 8 of 

Today, I eulogize with an illustrious son of Sierra Leone who is currently Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea Sierra Leone, Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley, a Sierra Leonean lawyer, an advocate, philanthropist, a comrade

Says World Bank's Parminder Brar World Bank Country Manager for Sierra Leone, Parminder Brar, believes skills development and quality education were critical to help grow the country's economy.  (Photo: World Bank Sierra Leone Country Manager, Parminder

Before leaving the shores of Sierra Leone for a conference in South Africa on Wednesday, October 24, the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles said she believes there is enough