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August 2016

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of Organization in 1945. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it

Sierra Leone Swimming national team vice-captain, Osman Kamara will starts Team Sierra Leone’s campaign at this year’s Rio Olympic Games today Thursday August 11 at around 1:02 PM local time (4:02 PM Sierra Leone time).

Improve health care delivery service The unemployment rate in Sierra Leone has been a concern to the government and civil society groups. The Youth Ministry in its current strategy has created the roadmap for vocational and

The Director of  Performance Management and Service Delivery (PMSD),Office of Chief of Staff, is quoted by a local newspaper to have said the National Revenue Authority (NRA) was among the State Owned Enterprises that performed

To encourage the University of Sierra Leone engage in partnership and the involvement of managing external and internal resources for national growth and quality education, President Ernest Bai Koroma made a resounding promise to support

A campaign started by some Sierra Leoneans imploring the president to pardon or grant blanket amnesty to Johnny Paul Koroma (in photo) is in full effect. Some proponents of the pardon argue that ‘for true peace

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security in collaboration with the Environment Protection Agency, Guma Valley Water Company and other line stakeholders have facilitated the planting of 18, 000 hectares of trees to commemorate

After spending years without trial detainees return to society worse off than they were He was 15 years when he was brought to the remand home for juveniles in Kingtom, Freetown, after he was arrested for

Many Sierra Leoneans especially those within the circle of political development and those aspiring for political leadership in Sierra Leone would agree with me that Zainab Hawa Bangura (in photo) is a household name in every

Yes he is a blood relative I am a Fadika paternally, and those who know that know it. This is the third death in my family circle that has touched me so deeply. First was

Sierra Leone had just started its recovery, if we can call it that, from the ravages of the Ebola crisis. As if on cue, we were launched into another inconvenient situation that bothered on constitutional

The African Union launches a continental passport while Brexit closes doors in Europe The image of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President Idriss Deby proudly holding the first two copies of the newly launched pan-African

Sierra Leone swimmer, Osman Kamara showered  praise about the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil just two days before he take to the pool for his first action in the games.  (Photo: Osman

Sierra Leonean quartet; Osman Kamara, Bunturabie Jalloh, Ishmail Dudu Kamara and Hafsatu Kamara will all take to action this week in the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.  (Photo: Ishmail Dudu Kamara and Hafsatu