A United Nations backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague has found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone [Read more]
As the English Premier League limps towards its climax, it has been a sad state of affairs that rather than treating the fans to the nerve-jarring and finger biting moments, [Read more]
Forgive me for breaking my promise that I was taking a short break in honour of my brother, the late Olu Gordon. But even he would have been filled with [Read more]
Dedicated reporters, freelance contributors, regular readers, I wish to take this opportunity to apologize to you all for not updating this site for weeks. The reason is that I was [Read more]
L-R Ahmed Nanoh (Executive Sec. SLeCAD), Abdul Conteh (IOM/TRQN), Noellen Barber (SLeCAD Consultant), Ernest Smith (IOM/TRQN) and William V. Clarkson (IOM/TRQN The Sierra Leone Chamber of Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) in [Read more]
In October last year, I commented on the political ramifications of the downfall of Gaddaffi under the headline “End of an era: Who, what and where next?” Prominent among my [Read more]
An old African saying states that when a child trips, he looks ahead of him to see who is watching; but when an elder falls, he looks behind to see [Read more]
The fly that refuses sound advice will eventually end up with the coffin in the grave. That is my counsel to those in the corridors of power who have ears; [Read more]
From the Department of Information and Public Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations The Minister of Social Welfare , Gender and Children's Affairs, [Read more]
Suddenly, ex-President Jerry Rawlings has had epiphany about the on-going Ghana/African enlightenment movement. Face-to-face with some lethal cultural inhibitions that have been demeaning Ghanaians’/Africans’ humanity, Rawlings, in the manner of [Read more]
History has shown that ordinary people, with a common purpose can take on an incredible challenge and accomplish goals they never dreamt possible. So the task ahead of us [Read more]
Sent to CEN by Cocorioko The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo , has called on all Sierra Leoneans to move away from the Michael Schulenburg [Read more]
Almost the entire senior hierarchy of Israel's military and security establishment is worried about a premature attack on Iran and apprehensive about the possible repercussions, a former chief of the [Read more]
According to a UNDP statement, Sierra Leone’s Meteorological Department (SLMD) has installed the final set of six state of the art Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) at the Lungi International Airport, [Read more]
The Head of the UN Mission and Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sierra Leone, Mr. Michael von Schulenburg, was recently recalled by the Secretary General in New [Read more]
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