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Nanette Thomas – A Nation Building Woman of Substance

No country has maintained with an intensity akin to religious fervor, the aphorism that a woman’s place is behind the men as manifested in Sierra Leone, but through the works of the Sierra Leone Arc

Parliamentarians Blast Executive Arm Of Government The president, who is the head of the executive arm of government, has been criticized by members of parliament for “treating the legislative arm with contempt”. Members of parliament said

Former Minister of Transport and Aviation and current Chairman of All People’s Congress (APC) party, Port Loko District has finally broken his silence in the holy city of Mecca over the July 12th 2008 cocaine

May I start by expressing that I shall always continue to give my full respect for Dr. Sama Banya, a regular columnist and politician, who believes in his political thoughts, irrespective of what others may

A prominent Sierra Leonean based in London, has disclaimed news report that he was part of the group which organized the so-called Emmerson Charity show. Barber Kamara has been linked to be part of the group

It is hard to deny that President Koroma wears an aura that is difficult to spot in the persons of those that stood the race for State House with him in 2007. He had the

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) may be poised to make a swoop on some family members of President Ernest Bai Koroma as the Head of State has finally broken the long silence on corrupt individuals

The western region of Freetown is ranked to have the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the whole of Sierra Leone, according to the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted by Statistics-Sierra Leone and

The government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Sierra Leone, His Excellency the President, Ernest Bai Koroma, has made a clarion call on all ECOWAS

Residents in the Jumu-Kafeibu village in the Nongowa chiefdom Kenema district are now breathing a sigh of relief following recent improvement and continued collaboration between the members of the Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) and the

28 Doctors take Oath at College of Medicine A total of twenty-eight medical doctors were, on Saturday December 5th 2009, sworn in at a ceremony held at the Campus of College of Medicine and Allied Health

Address by the Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, at the 2009 University Congregation Adjai Crowther Ampitheatre, Fourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown on Saturday 12 December, 2009 Mr.

I have always read Pa John Baimba Sesay’s column with an open mind combined with some admiration for his style; I have often thought, “I wish some others would emulate him.”  But I was really

As a nation, Sierra Leone has continued to move from the ravages of a civil war that lasted for over a decade, to a country that is fast becoming a beacon of democracy and good

Internal Affairs, Local Government and Rural Development Minister has said in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the police “are doing extremely well in the country in the maintenance of law and order.” Ambassador Alhaji Dauda