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January 2013

The Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana (in photo) has been heavily criticized by the Civil Society movement. The social interest group has tabled a plea of apology by the Vice

The Indian contractor of Angelic Group of Companies awarded the street light project, is rumored to be on the run over some anomalies he stands to answer to. It is a nationwide criticism, taunting Sierra Leoneans

As Coordinator of the Committee of Ten (C-10) Heads of State on the United Nations Security Council Reforms His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma delivered his speech to the 20th Ordinary Session of the

Yesterday, African heads of state and government met to discuss the need to maintain the significant gains made in the fight against malaria. A “BIG PUSH” is required to fill the US$3.6 billion gap to

National Coordinator cum Second-in-Command of the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat, Nanette Thomas has lectured police officers at the Makeni Police Headquarters in Makeni city. The session that took place in the morning hours of

SUBJECT: THERE IS TOURIST POTENTIAL AT KABALA, HOW CAN WE DEVELOP IT FURTHER? A couple of weeks ago, I made an appeal to H.E. the President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma for a review of Presidential decision

Since the post-independence era, Sierra Leone has had the unfortunate situation of having some unpatriotic government functionaries that were only bent on milking the country’s natural resources dry through mismanagement and outright corruption that went

Addis Ababa, 27th Jan 2013: The AU Chairman H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin, the African Union Commission and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, hosted a High-Level Event with more

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28 January 2013- The 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit holding on the theme: “Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance” ended Monday 28 January 2013 at the AU headquarters in Addis

The Goree Challenge is a 5,000 mile solo transatlantic row from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to New York City and will begin later this year. The Goree Challenge mission is to encourage voluntary HIV testing,

Before his retirement last year, Ibrahim Sorie (in photo) held the enviable record as the longest serving APC Parliamentarian. For 30 odd years (1982-2012) Hon. Sorie has been representing his people of Kambia Central Constituency

The newly appointed Minister of Trade and Industry Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara, has advised petty traders in the municipality of Freetown to abide by the law and leave the streets to allow the free flow

Street trading in the capital Freetown and in many parts of the provinces was almost becoming a viable option for self-employment in the absence of adequate structures to accommodate the growing number of Sierra Leoneans

Sierra Rutile Company has launched its new dry mining operations at the Lanti Mining Site in Rutile.  (Photo: The new processing plant machine) Chairperson of the programme, Hadji Dabo who is the Technical Service Manager said

ADDIS ABABA, January 28, 2013 - Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella of Sierra Leone and Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has in a passionate addressdelivered at the 20th Extraordinary Summit of