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August 2012

The price of basic commodities has rocketed beyond the pockets of late as if it is a tradition that hardship should be commonplace when the month of fasting comes. There is a scale drain of commercial

Students of Fourah Bay College constituent college under the University of Sierra Leone, yesterday marched to State Avenue and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over what they called excesses of police brutality. The protest march was

Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Chief Superintendent Karrow Kamara has extended an official invitation for the Minister of Defence, retired Major Palo Conteh, to make an official statement over the tussle which erupted

A recent trip by the All People Congress (APC) party stalwart, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara to the United Kingdom has sparked jitters in the members of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). According to

Newest aspirant to join the race for the presidential flagbearer of the National Democratic Alliance Party (NDA), Alhaji Wurrie Musidal Jalloh intimated to Sierra Leoneans in his declaration speech that the All People’s Congress Party

Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No 2 on Monday 6th August 2012 deferred the judgment hearing of the case involving the Sierra Leone People's Party Councilor at Constituency 104 Mohamed Kanu Mansaray (in photo) and

Latest reports reaching this press stat that ex-combatants who some time last week beat up the Minister of Defence, Retired Major Alfred Paolo Conteh, have begun marauding passengers’ vehicles in the East part of Freetown. According

Ola Sesay and Ibrahim Turay, the two Sierra Leonean Olympians in the 2012 London Olympic Games, will compete today Tuesday August 7th 2012. (Photo: l-r Ola Sesay (Long Jump), and Ibrahim Sesay (200m) 2012 London

A high powered delegation of newly crowned 2011-12 Premiership Champions, Diamond Stars FC on Sunday 5th August 2012 left Freetown for Kono with several motorcades and was received by Paramount Chiefs, Elders, football stakeholders, and

Four community teams namely Farmer Lane FC, Crab Tong FC, Black Tank and Sundu Drive FC have all booked places for the semi finals which will commence this week at the MAFA playing field Lumley. In

One of the world's leading asset management firms, BlackRock, has agreed to pay London Mining $110m, in return for a share of the company's future iron ore production. London Mining said on Monday that BlackRock, through

The London Olympics is undoubtedly the biggest world-sporting event on the planet and has been in the making for almost a decade. With over 204 participating countries, it is a melting pot of athletes from

The Non Governmental Organization, Disable International Foundation Sierra Leone (DIF-SL) has donated food items to a cross section of disabled persons at the northern town of Lunsar.  A team led by the Programs Coordinator, Robert

UNIDO Director General, Sierra Leonean born Kandeh K. Yumkella, is among the high-profile leaders to serve as Board of Advisors of a new 'think tank' at the University of Southern California (USC).  (Photo: l-r UNIDO

The 2011-2012 Sierra Leone Premier League Champions, Diamond Stars FC of Kono on Friday 3rd August received their championship trophy and gold medals from the Premier League Board at a remarkable ceremony held at the