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April 2016

April 22, 2016 – Freetown, Sierra Leone - Further to the Standard Times Newspaper publication of 20th April, 2016 (Vol.69, No. 9), on page 16, which reads … “unlike the charcoal scandal in Makeni that

Following her thorough dressing down by the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Appointment and the Public Service a few weeks ago, the Sierra Leone Civil Rights Coalition (SLCRC) has exposed the new Minister of Social Welfare,

In marking its 40th year of operation in Sierra Leone yesterday, Plan International Sierra Leone has lauded the Sierra Leone ‘Soweis’ Council for its determination to end girl-child genital mutilation in the country. In his statement,

Freetown, April 19, 016 (MOHS) - The President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has over the weekend donated a three Compartment Mortuary Cold Rooms each to the Kenema, Bo,

Freetown, April, 20, 016 (MOHS) - The Nurses and Midwives Board has shut down the Gbaneh School of Nursing situated at Old Wharf, Wellington. According to the Nurses and Midwives Board, the Gbaneh School of

Freetown, April 19, 016 (MOHS) - Health and Sanitation Minister Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has reassured the newly arrived China medical Team of Government’s commitment to building the Jui Friendship Hospital human resource capacity to

Freetown, April, 19, 016 (MOHS) - Delivering his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the three-day Annual TB/Leprosy Review Meeting held at the Wusum Hotel in Makeni, Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 19, 2016/ -- Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up and to avoid excluding opposing voices if elections are to cease

As people around the globe observe Earth Day on April 22, world leaders are making history at the United Nations in New York.  Over 100 countries will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.  This

The deliberate failure of the central government to pay attention to the issues affecting the Bonthe Sherbro Island has left it to be isolated and forgotten in the country.   (Photo: Remains of Paterson Zochonis (P.Z).

Freetown April 14 2016: The Chief of the Standing Police Capacity (SPC) in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Ms. Maria Appelblom, said this week that Sierra Leone has made impressive gains in community

Over the weekend, the University of Sierra Leone conferred Degrees and Awarded Diplomas and Certificates to over 200 female graduands from the two constituent colleges.  (Photo: Mrs. Veronica Aisha ElkassSannoh during the graduation ceremony at

A tribute marking the 10th Anniversary of the Passing Away of my Father By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) My childhood memories of my father are ephemeral, figuratively speaking. I saw him seldom. Father was a professional