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March 2014

Leading mobile company, Airtel on Friday, February 28 commissioned a water project it embarked on worth seventy five million Leones (Le75,000,000.00)at the Juba Barracks. Director of Defence, Estate, Colonel Jumu in welcoming everybody at the commissioning

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has been awarded for his pioneering leadership, public spiritedness, integrity, love, and support for the common man and woman of Sierra Leone, by authorities of a United States based

Speculations and ruminations about the health of our political climate have been rife recently. This has been fuelled by the current shenanigans that have engulfed the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). The political infighting, back

At the end of a three-day tour to three cities in Holland dubbed, ‘Ambassador’s tour to promote Sierra Leone’s Trade and Investment Opportunities’, Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie has assured Dutch Investors that his country should be

Agriculture is not glamourous. It suffers from entrenched negative perceptions. In the minds of many African youths, a farmer is someone like their parents, doing backbreaking labour in the fields and getting little to show

Freetown, Feb, 27 (SLENA) - The  sixteen members of parliament of  the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in parliament have expressed their total support for Dr. Bernadette Lahai her as their leader in parliament,

Freetown, Feb. 27 (SLENA) -  The Member of Parliament of Constituency 96, Alhassan Kamara, working in collaboration with his community and councilors, recently turned the sod for the construction of a fence around the Allen

Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop yields and growing seasons will decrease even as changing rain patterns will worsen people’s access to water. Yet Africa’s population is projected to reach 2 billion

As recent as last week, we read in various newspapers and social media that the APC-led government of Dr Ernest Bai Koroma is still poised on letting their leader overstay his welcome as president by

Bo, March 1 (SLENA) - The Local Councils Internal Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA) workshop organized by the Public Financial Management Reform Unit (PFMRU) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) continued in

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appealed to staff and students of Arabic College in Magburaka to join the fight against corruption in a bid to ensure that the socio-economic needs

The Sierra Leone Association of Community Health Officers (SLACHO) recently held their first Annual General Assembly on Saturday, February 22 in Bo on the theme: “Unity and service to humanity.” The meeting attracted over 100 community

Two heavy weight 1st division sides, Hawks FC and Stationery FC on Sunday 2nd March 2014 will engage in a ding dong F.A. knock-out match at the Parade Playing Field at 4:30 pm . Both teams

Newspaper reports that a high court judge ordered bench warrants for 93 absentee jurors focused my attention once more on the issue of criminal justice reform in the country. With the help of international partners,

Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and Development (FDID) poised to address the complex  health and safety  needs of commercial sex workers in Sierra Leone in general and  Freetown in particular has  again engaged  sixty (60)  sex