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April 2021

Propaganda is impartial information used to influence an audience and further an agenda by presenting selective facts to produce an emotional rather than rational response to information presented. It first came into common use in Europe

Contrary to recent  assurances by importers and government officials  that stores would not run dry of rice, the staple food in the country, information filtering from the Commodities Trading  Company, main importers of rice, it

As the race for a flag bearer of the embattled opposition All Peoples Congress party ahead of 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections rages on, a leading aspirant for the party’s ticket has made a politically

According to a press release issued on Tuesday 13th April,2021 by the Junior doctors of Sierra Leone states that “with immediate effect the junior Doctors across the country will be laying down tools until appropriate

Speaker of the regional Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Parliament, His Excellency Sidie Mohamed Tunis has said that the election by direct universal suffrage of the Community's Parliamentarians, which the parliament is committed

The late hours of Sunday 11th April, 2021 witnessed a massive celebration and jubilation in “Songo Colony” as it witnessed the first ever annual thanksgiving and marc past. Residents including women and children where all over

Under the umbrella name of Consortium of Progressive Political Parties (COPP), eleven opposition political parties have not ruled out the possibility of presenting one presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential contest. Speaking on behalf of the

The embattled APC Mayor of the Freetown Municipality, Yvonne- Aki Sawyerr, has become the latest victim in the political crossfire between her very own APC party and the ruling SLPP. I have listened to the original

Following the recent fire disaster at the Susan`s Bay Community in Freetown, the Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency has said that they were open to future audit investigation on all donor funds spent

One of the major telecommunications companies operating in the country, Africell Mobile Company, it was learnt, is on the right progressive trajectory as it is currently on the verge of completing 90% of its network

As the controversial issue of accusation of tribal remarks made by the Mayor of the Freetown City Council, Yvonne-Aki Sawyerr in a leaked audio continues to gather steam, irate Councilors in the Western Area have

Land acquisition is one of the most delicate and contaminated issues affecting the lives of many Sierra Leoneans in and out of the country. Even though there is abundance of land across the country, most

As part of his commitment and determination to enhancing quality and credible Mid-Term Population and Housing Census in Sierra Leone, the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kaikai, has on Monday,  April 5,

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Tells Town Hall Meeting that Development is a Process, Expresses Hope in His Policies to Deliver Amidst Perennial Governance Challenges     Bintumani Hotel, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday 9 April 2021 –

Seventy initiators into the “Bondo” (Female Genital Mutilation-FGM) secret society called “Soweis” in local parlance in Tonkolili district northern Sierra Leone, have over the weekend handed over their tools to the Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM),