Edward Conteh FREETOWN (IRIN): James Ponbu, 43, had his arm amputated by rebels in January 1999. After receiving medical treatment at the Connaught hospital in Freetown, he tried to return [Read more]
By Winston Ojukutu-Macauley Jnr The slow pace or non-existence of justice and fair play in the judicial system consisting of judges, law courts, police, prosecuting officers, prisons, and social services, [Read more]
Dr. Kadie Sesay News from our home based editorial desk in Freetown has indicated thatall our earlier predictions about the country’s main opposition party, SLPP, are fallen in place one [Read more]
Sierra Leone's political and church leaders on Tuesday ruled out legalising same-sex marriages in the West African state, after a British threat to cut aid to nations not recognising gay [Read more]
A Dutch citizen, Janot Knol, who is working in Sierra Leone as the consulting logistic officer for United Nation Mission has appeared before Magistrate Bankole Shyllon of Court No 3 [Read more]
By Saffa Moriba Eastern Polytechnic Practicing School situated at the Eastern Polytechnic College Campus in Kenema City, was engulfed by mysterious fire on Wednesday 19th October 2011. The four-classroom building [Read more]
NITED NATIONS — One UN peacekeeper was killed and two others injured Sunday in an attack on a patrol in the southern part of Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, the United [Read more]
During my visit to the Sierra Leonean asylum seekers in the north and southern Italy, I had an ample time to assess their acclimatization and I found no evidence to [Read more]
Just after lunchtime on Wednesday a small crowd gathered at Lungi to bid a fond farewell to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the finale of an historic royal [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT MR. STEPHEN J. GAOJIA AS MINISTER OF SOCIAL [Read more]
AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF OVERSEAS MISSIONS AND HIGH COMMISSIONS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 2003 TO 31ST DECEMBER 2010 Honourable V. Chukuma Johnson Chairman, Public Accounts [Read more]
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