Ten-man Ivory Coast became the first side to reach the last eight of the Cup of Nations after defeating Ghana 3-1. (Photo: Gervinho opened the scoring for Ivory Coast from a counter-attack) The Elephants broke the
WAN-IFRA, the global, industry organisation for the newspaper and news publishing industry, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christoph Riess as the new Group Chief Executive of the enlarged WAN-IFRA industry representative
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deferred its January 18th scheduled summit to 15th February, 2010. (Photo: Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ECOWAS Commission President) Though no reason was advanced for the postponement, a
Algeria put their disappointing 3-0 loss to Malawi behind them to beat Mali in their second Group A game in Luanda. Â (Photo: Algeria's Rafik Halliche (right) celebrates his goal against Mali) Rafik Halliche headed home a
I have told the story before which was attributed to former President Harry S. Truman who succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as the 33rd. President of the United States of America from 1945 to 1953. He asked
Sierra Leone ranked 148 out of 183 economies as the best place to do business. These comparative records included 46 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa, 32 in Latin America, 27 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
Following recent press publications that a “soon to be published” memoir of Hon. S.A.J Pratt was imminent, I have since remained cautiously hopeful that just by its publication, one critical disservice by most of Sierra
The second edition of the SIERRA Update news magazine published by the Public Information Unit of the Sierra Leone High Commission is out. The magazine featuring some of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma government’s major strategic
Dear Mr. Editor, Please allow me to express my sincere appreciation and profound gratitude in your widely read newspaper for publishing an interview conducted with me by our Saudi Press Attaché, Alhaji Jalloh (photo). The exclusive
Gabon are the latest team to cause a major upset at the Africa Cup of Nations, after they clung on to beat four-time champions Cameroon 1-0. (Photo: Hull's Daniel Cousin put Gabon ahead after 17
The Executive Director of Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) has said in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that his organization was “in the process of establishing a Micro Finance Bank in
The fallout from the recent Paramount Chieftaincy elections conducted under the APC government continues. As of now there are still 11 vacancies that remain to be filled and this for no other reason than the
Cameroon will be the more confident ahead of the Group D match in Lubango - they beat the same opponents twice in four days in September. Star striker Samuel Eto'o believes their recent good form is
One of the foremost writers of the world William Shakespeare noted in one of his popular plays that the time of life is short and to spend that baselessly will be worthless. What Shakespeare succinctly
Class, elegance and excitement lit up the sky Jan. 2, accompanying guests to the most popular hall In Plano, Texas for the 50th birthday celebration of the once soccer maestro of Sierra Fisheries and Leone
