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November 2012

Freetown, Sierra Leone: The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law – Sierra Leone today expressed grave concern and strong displeasure about recent comments attributed to the Inspector-General of Police in which he warned that

LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 14, 2012/ -- Premature Birth is a hidden crisis. The tragic facts are that a baby dies every second  across the Globe.15 million babies are born each year to preterm birth and

Since the start of the campaign a couple of weeks ago, the two leading Presidential candidates have been embarked on two different styles of campaign. On the one hand, we have seen the Presidential Candidate of

There is no shortage of spin on the streets of Freetown, the SLPP pundits and their echo chambers have shifted high gears, their spin hobos are at the top of their game in the countdown

Addis Ababa 13 November 2012 – The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson,   Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is on a working visit to Paris, France, from 12 to 15 November 2012 to attend the 50th anniversary

The sudden death of Mr. Ibrahim S. Yilla, Minister Counselor/Head of Chancery at the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Saudi Arabia on November 10, 2012 will certainly be viewed by a large quarter of Sierra

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), I should mention, gives out their grants under two programs: The Threshold Grant (worth tens of millions) and the Compact Award (worth hundreds of millions of dollars). In order to

Over the weekend, Support Officer of the Kenema Police Division, Gloria Macauley (in photo), at her Hangha Road office, told a cross section of journalists that the police of Kenema division are in proper readiness

(New York, November 12, 2012) – Limited competition in elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council undermines membership standards set for the body by the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Watch, FORUM-ASIA, and the

Over one hundred and fifty youths concluded a one day national dialogue conference at the Atlantic Hall National Stadium, on organizing youths to engage in the democratization process in Sierra Leone pioneered by the center

Freetown, 13 November 2012 - A group of 50 European Union short term observers, coming from 25 EU member states and Norway, is being deployed throughout the country today to observe the 17 November Presidential,

We barely have less than a week to reelecting President Koroma. This is after years of preparation and after years of hard work by a performing governing with a leader crowned ‘world’s best by the

In a recent article written by an SLPP propagandist, Dr. Patrick Kagbeni (PK) Muana, he chose to pick on the very recent and decent scores attained by our country in this Year’s Millennium Challenge Corporation

Long Island, New York.  Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy left over a reported 1 million out of 1.1 million Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) utility customers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the Rockaway Peninsula

Since President Ernest Bai Koroma came to power in 2007, one of his landmark achievements has been his remarkable respect for fundamental human rights. As Sierra Leone goes into crucial elections this week, President Koroma,