I will start this article by restating an old adage: “The lip of truth shall be established forever; a lying tongue is but for a moment.” The politics of ethnicity [Read more]
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor listened today with his eyes closed as he heard the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, sentence him to prison for 50 [Read more]
General Notice The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) wish to make it known to all Sierra Leoneans at the diasporas, members of the international community including human right [Read more]
Judges at an international war-crimes court have handed a 50-year prison sentence to Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, following his conviction for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered [Read more]
President Koroma’s mother Mrs. Alice Koroma and her sister Mrs. Jenny Conteh graced the occasion past week at Kamabai village during the launch of SLRTC Bus service to the area, [Read more]
Thousands of Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) supporters, mostly women joined the presidential running mate of the party Kadie Sesay to observe the Friday 25th May 2012 prayer at the [Read more]
Berlin is so much more than just techno and Trabis, bratwurst and bier. Beneath the surface of stereotypes, are diverse cultural practices that rarely appear in the guide books and [Read more]
The recent exposure of the utterly depressing deeds of the APC government has forced international institutions and governments to raise eyebrows at President Koroma’s interpretation of democracy. It has also [Read more]
Now that the euphoria, the excitement and exhilaration of the English Premier League has died down, except if you live in the blue half of Manchester, it’s time to take [Read more]
The term “corruption” has always been synonymous with power. Some believe that corruption is simply about authority plus monopoly minus transparency. Power has been known to attract the corruptible. But [Read more]
Latest reports from Belgium indicate that the finger print matching process ended successfully yesterday Thursday but with varying results. Of the 2,663,746 registrations sent by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) [Read more]
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 24, 2012/ — Airtel Uganda (http://www.airtel.com) has today announced new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family, friends and [Read more]
On 16 May, convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor, delivered a 30-minute speech – part plea for clemency, part lubricious defence of his actions, and part grandstanding – before his trial [Read more]
As he continue his tour of Continental Europe, the presidential hopeful of the Sierra Leonean main opposition, Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio on Sunday morning met with the Sierra Leone [Read more]
A day after his social media company went public, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday. The news was announced nowhere else [Read more]
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