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November 2013

The Africa’s Cowfoot!!! show has been created and produced by Usifu Jalloh.  Having done a tremendously successful tour in the UK, this electrifying and engaging storytelling show provides a platform for expressing African Oral Heritage

In all of my work with young people, this is one question I have found most outstanding and thought provoking. It came from a teenage girl who is a student at the D. Twe Memorial

His Excellency, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and delegation arrived in the City of Kuwait to attend the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit, scheduled to take place on the 19th November. President Koroma was received by His Highness

From October 2012 leading to the November 17thelections to date, I have been fascinated by the expansion in the democratic space of Sierra Leone, with specific reference to the growing debates on national issues. First,

A Solid Pathway to sustainable economic growth Sierra Leone is a blessed country. A country blessed with multiple forms of natural resources.  If riches are only measured in terms of the mineral deposits a country possesses,

Officials from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), over the weekend paid visit to the African Minerals Adult Literacy and Numeracy Project at Pepel. Led by Mr. Sheriff Mohamed Sapateh, the six-man delegation were impressed

Closing Address by His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma.  Conference On Setting the vision for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation in promoting Agriculture, Fisheries and Industrial Development in Sierra Leone, Bintumani Hotel, 13 November 2013 Courtesies We mandated this conference to

Residents in Kenema city and its environs over the weekend lavished praise on the traffic warden supervisor in Kenema based his hard work and politeness in his job.  (Photo: Supervisor Cobba in office ) They said

ICC: Africa Should Reject ‘Free Pass’ for Leaders  (Freetown, November 18, 2013) – African governments should reject special exemptions for sitting officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC), African organizations and international organizations with a presence

News updates from Jarrah Kawusu-Konte, State House Communications Manager, made clear the arrival of Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 18th November arrived in Kuwait ahead of the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit slated for

Commits to Develop and Construct $700M, 202-Megawatt Hydroelectric Power Project in Sierra Leone Freetown, Sierra Leone – 18 November 2013 – Endeavor Energy, a privately owned independent power development and generation company, today announced that it

A local Non-Governmental Organization in Makeni, Community Action for Human Security (CAHSec) has mounted a robust campaign to minimize Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Tonkolili District.  (Photo: Peter Conteh: Addressing pupils) The campaign

Young African entrepreneurs are taking giant steps forward in addressing some of the continent’s most pressing health issues. Arthur Zang, a 24-year-old Cameroonian engineer, has developed a digital medical tablet, called Cardiopad, equipped with a

The AfDB mobilized US $1.7 billion of climate mitigation finance – more than any other development institution on the continent – in 2012 TUNIS, Tunisia, November 15, 2013/ -- Multilateral development banks (MDBs) provided almost US

Five flashlight bulbs, an old car battery and a solar panel were the only tools 11-year-old Richard Turere used to put together a system of lights that keeps his family’s cattle safe from lions. His