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November 2011

UNITED NATIONS — One UN peacekeeper was killed and two others injured Sunday in an attack on a patrol in the southern part of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, the United Nations said in a statement. UN

Of all the problems with the Lagos traffic situation, global warming may be the least reason to prompt moves for solutions if a survey asking this were to be carried out. Lagos, a major city

A series of bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu has killed at least 63 people, the Red Cross says. Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including churches and the

Residents of the Eastern Province headquarter town, Kenema, have on Tuesday November 1st, 2011 tasked the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) government to unreservedly empower the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat with its required

The Ozone Layer is a layer of gas present in an upper part of the atmosphere called the stratosphere; the ozone layer is mostly found around 9 – 21 miles above sea level. The ozone

Addis Ababa, November 4th, 2011 –The Journalists’ Network for Peace and Security (NetPeace) was officially launched on 4th November during the High Level Media workshop on the African Peace and Security Architecture(APSA), organized by the

2 – 4 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:  Draft declaration of the high level media workshop on the African peace and Security Architecture Promoting the culture of peace in the media WE, media professionals, participated in the

Paramount chiefs, Councilors and stakeholders within Koinadugu District and government officials from the Ministries of Energy and Water Resources, Finance and Economic Development and SALWACO over the weekend handed over the land for the Kabala

In our conclusion of showcasing Jusu Jaka Yawmah (in photo), a Sierra Leonean medical student and aspiring physician currently residing in Ghana who found at the age of 17, during his 5th form at Prince

Health for All Coalition-Sierra Leone a Civil Society Health Advocacy Network working to enhance Social Accountability in the implementation of the Free Health Care policy in Sierra Leone through monitoring, campaign, Community education, networking and

Consequent to leaks that the Army Chief of Defense Staff  (CDS) has passed away Wednesday 2nd in Ghana at the 37 Military Hospital; soldiers say information is true, but family members and Defence Ministry officials

Parliamentarians belonging to the Public Account Committee Wednesday 2nd scrutinized the Freetown City Council over corruption and maladministration unearthed by the Audit Service, Sierra Leone. According to an audit report, the Freetown City Council (FCC) is

It has been repeatedly reported in the local media that the country’s examining body, the West African Examinations Council dubbed WAEC has been trading examination marks, especially to students who always perform poorly, in the

Nicol-Wilson & Co Legal Consultants, Barrister & Solicitors of the High Court of Sierra Leone have vowed to put an end to impunity, especially on politicians who are in the habit of using political influences

Freetown: The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is gravely disturbed by reports of an attack on press freedom by no less a person than the Local Unit Commander of the Sierra Leone Police, Superintendent