African leaders should learn from Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss at the FIFA 2010 World Cup

Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss in the dying seconds of extra time against Uruguay on Friday cost the African side a place in the World Cup semi-finals and broke hearts across the continent. The event of that day triggered a series of reactions such as an invitation from Nelson Madela, father of the African [...]

As Saudi Arabia sets for 2010 Hajj’ – Sierra Leone Expresses Satisfaction

Head of Sierra Leone’s Hajj delegation to Saudi Arabia a couple of weeks ago has welcomed “successful arrangements” for this year’s Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Senior official of the Saudi Hajj Ministry granting an interview with Alhaji Jalloh, SL Information Attache, on preparations for this year’s hajj in one of the holy sites) [...]

Changing the face of childbirth in Sierra Leone

Alice Waterman says she has never seen so much blood in her life.  (Photo: Newborn baby girl Sinnah survived – others are not so lucky) The 55-year-old independent midwife from East Anglia has gone to Sierra Leone with VSO in the hope that training local midwives will save lives in a country where one woman [...]

Global population study launched by Royal Society

The human population is far higher than any other primate at any time in history The UK’s Royal Society is launching a major study into human population growth and how it may affect social and economic development in coming decades. The world’s population has risen from two billion in 1930 to 6.8 billion now, with [...]

United States Government Announces Changes to Consular Services Fees

The United States Government wishes to inform applicants that effective July 13, 2010, fees for various consular services will change. The new fees will cover actual operating expenses for the U.S. Government’s network of 301 consular posts abroad, 23 domestic passport agencies, and other centers that provide consular services to both U.S and foreign citizens. [...]

Spain, deserving winners of the World Cup

Spain’s triumph at the just concluded World Cup in South Africa came as no surprise to me and many other sports journalists and analysts too around the World. They defeated Holland 1-0 in the grand finale last Sunday at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg to win the World Cup for the first time in [...]

Sugar Minott dies aged 54

Jamaican singer and producer Sugar Minott has died at the age of 54. His wife said he died at University Hospital, Kingston, but did not say how he died. He cancelled gigs in Canada in May because of chest pains. The singer, real name Lincoln Barrington Minott, launched his career in the late 1960s as [...]

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