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Immigrants – Slavery still exists

If you are an immigrant, this topic is for you.  Do you remember when you were in your native country, when you saw those beautiful commercials on TV? Some people assumed that Canada, America and

Very often, we hear of diversity issues, differences of opinion regarding policies affecting people with different ethnic backgrounds in corporations, social settings and even political  issues crop up  because of this  very important factor  time

Following a recent donation of 28 Honda generators to 9 schools nation-wide, the sponsors of the Kanga schools project under the indefatigable international co-ordinator Madam Barbie Davies has recently completed a three day tour in

The main aim of this article is to highlight how poor governance has led to an increase in fraud and corruption and why it is important for APC to change their practice in order to

At a well attended Eucharistic ceremony held at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Makeni, parishioners, brother priests, religious as well as members of the general public witnessed the conferral of papal honours on three local

The socio-economic and political development of Sierra Leone is based on a number of factors, primarily among them, is the willingness of the majority of the citizenry and foreign residents to give significant support to

Sierra Leone Embassy which temporarily relocated from its Olaya District offices in Saudi Arabia’s largest city, Riyadh, early last month to about 1,200 kilometers in the second largest Southern city, Jeddah, has this week returned. During

Yarta B. Sesay, Sr. was born in 1947 at Biriwa Limba Chiefdom Bombali East Bumban Village, he was raised in Freetown, Cline Town, Canekai.  He attended the model school of Kissy dockyard W.A.M Collegiate Secondary

As the APC-NA “Power House” is in the preparation for their National Delegate Convention in Ohio next year, Christians and other APC supporters in diaspora are gaining momentum in readiness to celebrate yet another Christmas

Freetown– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently donated 10 motorbikes to Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security as part of its commitment to support district level staff working in the

I am challenged to make a response to Diaspora-based Sierra Leonean, who has taken me on; after my comments in this Column on what had been written earlier by a Niger Republic-based Sierra Leonean, Idrissa

A heroic combatant attached to the Operational Security Division (OSD), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Mohamed Bayo Bangura who patriotically has been serving his nation for over three decades with untainted record is currently

The desire to save the chronic housing problem in Sierra Leone has been the objective of governments since independence. Post-colonial history proves that various strategies have been employed like direct government intervention, encouraging and facilitating

Prominent Freetown Lawyer, Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah, stated at a two-day training workshop on the impact of Sierra Rutile mining in Bonthe and Moyamba Districts and the new mining act that ended over the weekend at

Minister of Mineral Resources Hon. Alpha Kanu is pleased that his ministry has set the legal frame work on the Mines Act that work in the interest of government and investors alike adding that the