On Wednesday, Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay, both editors at the Independent Observer newspaper, were charged with criminal defamation for publishing an article critical of the Sierra Leonean President, Ernest Bai [Read more]
Sierra Leoneans are getting jittery every day since Al Shabaab has declared that they will attack Sierra Leone. It is true that we have to be jittery and be alert [Read more]
APO is hiring Journalists to work as consultants throughout Africa for a 2 month temporary assignment APO is hiring Journalists to work as consultants throughout Africa for a 2 month [Read more]
458 Sierra Leone pilgrims left the holy city of Mecca early Wednesday, 30th October 2013, for Medina, the city of the Prophet of Islam, that's according to Alhaji Sheka Kamara, [Read more]
The scheduled elections for 2017 are a long way off and we know that a week in politics is a long time. But our current political landscape is flooded with [Read more]
On Friday, 25 October 2013, Maada Bio, the former Head of State and Presidential Candidate of Sierra Leone Peoples Party (2012 Elections) joined hundreds of Sierra Leoneans at the Odeon [Read more]
In a telephone interview with Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on Saturday, 26th October 2013, His Excellency expressed how he was delighted to have spoken to Sierra Leone [Read more]
In an unprecedented display of true and responsible statesmanship, His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma who is currently in the Federal Republic of Germany, telephoned the Head of 2013 [Read more]
Every year, five UN offices including the African Union’s (AU) New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the Economic Commission on Africa, the Africa [Read more]
His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma continues to confirm to his nation that, in his Government, no officials, in whatever capacity, should consider themselves sacred cows. Simply put, this [Read more]
N THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SEVERAL MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STATE HOUSE TO REVIEW OUR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS. THE OUTCOME OF THESE MEETINGS HAS LEFT HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT WITH [Read more]
An article in the standard Times press (online) –“ Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella: the diplomat versus the candidate…the man who could be the right successor of President E.B. Koroma”, by Donald [Read more]
One of the greatest books that were ever inked from the nib of an African pen was “Things Fall Apart” by the late Chinua Achebe. This book has not only [Read more]
Officials of the Sierra Leone Hajj Mission last night attended the annual ceremony organized by the Saudi Pilgrimage (Haj) Affairs Ministry to honour nearly 200 heads and members of the [Read more]
OIL DISCOVERY OFFSHORE SIERRA LEONE- LUKOIL COMPLETES DRILLING OF FIRST EXPLORATION WELL. LUKOIL OVERSEAS, OPERATOR OF INTERNATIONAL UPSTREAM PROJECTS AND A 100% SUBSIDIARY OF LUKOIL, TODAY ANNOUNCED COMPLETION OF THEIR [Read more]
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