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July 2014

The Anti-Corruption Commission has vowed to empower every community in the southern region to fight corruption as it embarks on a drive to increase community involvement in the fight against corruption.  (Photo: ACC team with

“Sierra Leone still lingers in my mind”—AMB Hull. - The former United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Thomas N.Hull, now the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of the United States of America, has during

The world of football was shocked to see Luis Alberto Suarez Diaz bite his fellow professional, Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during the match between the two countries. The ensuing outrage was both universal and understandable; considering

As-salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, May this reminder reach you in a state of piety, purification and praise of Allah.  "O believers, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before

Two Sierra Leone internationals went head to head in the Swedish Allsvenskan yesterday at the 14,000 seater Behrn Arena Orebro. Alhassan Crespo Kamara's side Orebro SK took the lead in the 19th minute after a clever

Like many others, I was somehow disappointed with the performance of African teams at the World Cup. While two of the five qualifying teams made it to the round of 16, none made it to

The High Court of Sierra Leone, presided over by Justice M A Paul, has on the 2nd July, 2014, in the matter between the State Vs. Dr. Magnus Ken Gborie and two others convicted and

Senior Government officials currently in Islam’s holiest city of Mecca have called on Sierra Leone’s Muslim population to take advantage of the holy month of Ramadan, to offer prayers and sacrifices for divine mercy to

The rivalry between Brazilian and Argentine fans is clearly visible in the ongoing world Cup despite their respective national teams are yet to face each other.  (Photo: Messi always compared to Neymar (pictured below) by

Democracy and Development Associates-Sierra Leone (DADA-SL) has informed this medium about the report of the Non-State Actors (NSAs) Fund on the implementation of the project titled ‘Increasing Transparency and Accountability in the Use of Public

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) and the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) on Tuesday 1st July, 2014 held a stakeholders’ meeting on the use of First Aid in the Transport Sector to

Twenty years after genocide, Rwanda makes huge development strides For the survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, it feels like only yesterday that machete-wielding Hutu militias embarked on a mission to annihilate the entire Tutsi

Peace eludes nation in a rocky political transition No one needs an alarm clock to wake up in Bangui in recent weeks. The sound of gunfire, sometimes sustained and heavy, has become a morning ritual in