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December 2011

DAKAR, Sénégal, December 12, 2011/ -- Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are scaled up across West Africa, Oxfam (http://www.oxfam.org) said today. With early indicators pointing to a

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DURBAN, South-Africa, December 11, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On the closing of the latest round of UN climate talks in Durban Greenpeace today declared that it was clear that our Governments this past two weeks listened to

BERKELEY, Cal., USA, December 12, 2011/ — Trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is to blame, according to a new study led

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been presented to three women at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital,Oslo. (Photo: The three women share an award worth $1.5m ) This year's award was won jointly by Ellen

The Emir of the State of Qatar has invited Sierra Leone’s President to attend the Forum on the Fourth United Nations Alliance of Civilizations to be held in the capital, Doha, home of the Al-Jazeera

Battle linking Ministers, Councilors, and certainly Parliamentarians of the governing APC part -  for running mate - gives the impression of a snub to all and Vice President Sam Sumana is President Koroma’s choice come

The sum of Le 880 million offered Sierra Leone government for the construction of a contemporary market for traders in Freetown is reportedly missing; and two officials- the Minister of Works and the Mayor of

Centre for the Coordination of Children In Need (CCCN) has generously distributed school bags, books, pen/pencils and other school materials to 175 pupils of the Rural Education Committee Primary School in York Village. While making the

A non-governmental and Philanthropic organization called the  ‘Sierra Leone Arc of  Hope’ December 13th will engage President Koroma who is to ‘turn sod’ for the commencement of the construction of an ultra-model children’s hospital in

It is not an exageration for someone to infer that the present make up of the main opposition party is a crisis prone political organization. It as if internal divisions are part of its structural

As part of activities marking the commemoration of this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day, the Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has organised a two day football gala among four secondary schools in Makeni.

Some sections of the media have hinted the planned protest of the citizenry over the difficulty they encounter in moving from one destination to another, mainly in the capital, Freetown due to acute transport shortage In

Sequel to the spate of violence bemoaning cosmopolitan settings in Sierra Leone, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Democratic Initiative and Development (FDID), Hindowa .E. Saidu, has informed all that his organization perceives ‘drug

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