German bomb disposal experts successfully defused a 1.8-tonne unexploded World War Two bomb in the river Rhine on Sunday, after thousands of residents were evacuated from homes, hospitals and even [Read more]
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian media reported on Sunday that their country's military had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a U.S. official said there was no [Read more]
The UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone says it is yet to set an exact date for the handling down of its verdict in the Charles Taylor's trial, though [Read more]
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, CEN Commentator, USA “A sin is an evil which has its ground or origin in the agent, and not in the compulsion of circumstances.” – Samuel Taylor [Read more]
Iran is planning to attack US armed forces stationed in Germany in the event of a US attack on the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, German daily Bild reported on Thursday. [Read more]
Western Union and USAID invite you to an online press conference to launch the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) II Western Union and USAID are going to held an online [Read more]
Random musing, by Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon In the midst of the verifiable achievements and the pillaging and abuse of the past years, there is a compelling need, like Sorious Samura [Read more]
ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CATHEDRAL HOUSE 3 GLOUCESTER STREET, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA TEL: 232-22 221468 FAX: 232-22 221900 28th November 2011 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL OUTREACH PRESS RELEASE [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray, UK The recent documentary on Sierra Leone’s timber industry aired on Al-Jazeera has been met with controversy, accusations, counter-accusations and full blown smear campaigns. While some have hailed [Read more]
By Othman Sheriff, Editor, CEN The above documentary film was screened few days ago by the Sierra Leonean award winning journalist, Sorious Samura aided by the Arab news outlet [Read more]
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong Ernestina Naadu Mills For the past years, the Ghana’s enlightenment movement have shown that rational choices are essential to how Africans distinguish and argue about their [Read more]
The attention of the Government of Sierra Leone has been drawn to a documentary programme aired by Al Jazeera English in its current series entitled “Africa Investigates”. Government has critically [Read more]
Journalists working for Al Jazeera English have uncovered corruption in the office of Sierra Leone’s Vice-President, Samuel Sumana. The detailed undercover investigation features in the documentary Timber!, broadcast at 22h30 [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray, CEN Political Commentator, UK Abdulai Mansaray, Author “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Marcus Garvey). [Read more]
By Abdulai Mansaray, CEN Political Commentator, UK The wind of change continues to blow across the Arabian Dessert. If the recent unrest in Egypt is anything to go by, it [Read more]
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