The Lion v The Elephant… - Sports Minster fires back at Palo Conteh
Sports Minster fires back at Palo Conteh November 30, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Minister of Sports, Paul Kamara, has fired back at Rtd. Major Paul Conteh following the latter’s election as President of...
View ArticleSLFA plans to introduce Women Cup competition
November 30, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Isha Johansen, has admitted that there are plans to introduce an inaugural cup competition for women in...
View ArticleFOCUS ON PARLIARMENT AND THE ACC
November 30, 2015 By: Winstanley R. Bankole Johnson In an earlier piece I questioned the need for further parliamentary scrutiny of appointees who switch Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)...
View ArticleSocial Welfare Minister promises to intensify fight against GBV
November 30, 2015 By Memunatu Bangura Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Mustapha Bai Atilla, has promised to do all in his powers to fight Gender Based Violence (GBV) in...
View Article‘Ending violence against women should be a priority’ - ...Dr. Babatunde...
...Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin November 30, 2015 By Regina Pratt UNFPA executive director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, in a statement made on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,...
View ArticleHealth Minister says 1.5m children targeted in measles, malaria campaign
November 30, 2015 By Samuel Ben Turay The Minister of Health and Sanitation has revealed that some 1.5 million under five children have benefitted from a successful national measles and malaria...
View ArticleAs 300 graduate from Obasanjo Youth Transformation College… - Youth...
Youth Commissioner appeals to Gov’t to pay lecturers November 30, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Commissioner of the National Youth Commission has appealed to the government, through the Ministry of...
View ArticleNaRGE calls CRC’s attention to natural resource governance
NaRGE calls CRC’s attention to natural resource governance November 30, 2015 By Ibrahim Jaffa Condeh The Natural Resources Governance and Economic Justice Network (NaRGE) has called on the...
View ArticleIAAF remains tight lips over SLAA tussle
November 30. 2015 By Shar Morris Jr. The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) continues to remain in tight lips over the ongoing power tussle in the Sierra Leone Athletics...
View ArticleAs World AIDS Day commemorated… - UNAIDS Executive Director says 15m people...
UNAIDS Executive Director says 15m people have received life-saving treatment December 1, 2015 Executive Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed that over 15 million...
View ArticleRastafarians want marijuana decriminalised
December 1, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi The Rastafarian Movement in Sierra Leone yesterday presented a position paper to the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), urging the 80-man body chaired by...
View ArticleOGI/OGP wants inclusion in the new constitution
December 1, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi The Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in collaboration with their local counterpart the Open Government Initiative (OGI) yesterday...
View ArticleAfrican Kind Hearts donates to Ebola orphans
December 1, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie A local non-governmental organisation, African Kind Hearts, with support from China-Africa People-to-People Friendship Action, over the weekend donated food and...
View ArticleAkintayo Sam-Jolly consecrated Bishop - …says hewill remain to be faithful in...
…says hewill remain to be faithful in prayer December 1, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma General Overseer of theLiving Word of Faith Outreach Ministries International, Akintayo Sam-Jolly was Sunday (29...
View ArticleRolath –the village that would never forget Ebola
December 1, 2015 By Alusine Sesay Human Rights Commissioner, Daphine Olu-Williams, could not withstand the scene; she was simply overtaken by tears. An emotional outburst in sympathy of dozens of Ebola...
View ArticleReforming Sierra Leone’s Drug Control Act 2008: Harm Reduction
December 1, 2015 By Matthias D. BENDU* In my most recent article titled “Campaigners call on government to harmonise policies”, I made it clear in that ex-combatants from the different factions who...
View ArticleAfter lifting Conference title…Kamara eyes MLS Cup glory
December 1, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. After lifting the US Major League Soccer (MLS) Eastern Conference title, Sierra Leone and Columbus Crew forward Kei Kamara is now eyeing the MLS Cup this year....
View ArticleFootball: 7-man committee to verify delegates
December 1, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has appointed a seven man committee to conduct a-day’s delegates’ verification at the Atlantic Hall on 5 December. The...
View ArticleBeach murder trial… - Discrepancy emerges over insanity claim by the defence
Discrepancy emerges over insanity claim by the defence December 1, 2015 By Hawa Amara As the preliminary investigation into the murder trial of Hannah Bockarie continues at the Freetown Magistrates’...
View ArticleLands ministry validates habitat report
December 2, 2015 By Alusine Sesay The Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment last Friday validated the Habitat III National Report which provides benchmarks for the current state of...
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