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December 2009

Sierra Leone’s President has joined world leaders to extend heartfelt condolences on behalf of his government and people to the bereaved families of 25th November, 2009 tragic incident in the city of Jeddah through the

For a country that has a relative tiny population of less than five million citizens, Sierra Leone has been able to produce remarkable sons and daughters. (Photo:  Dr. John Sandy, Board Chairman,  Sierra Leone Arc

UNICEF Sierra Leone has said in Freetown that Malaria emergency is bound to shoot up owing to the fact that the number of treated bed nets needed to considerably trim down malaria related under-five deaths

The country’s most reliably mobile network, COMIUM, last Friday opened the country’s most state-of-the-art contact center at No.1 Nas Carew Road, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown. The Primary aim is to be close to the customers

Head of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC). Charles Francis Margai, has told the Freetown Media that there is no reason for Sierra Leone as a country to be poor.  He made this revelation

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