Month: December 2014

Amidst the hurly-burly of economic stagnation, social meltdown and ravaging epidemic, you might be forgiven for taking your eyes off the political micro-pampas and ever decreasing altruism in our democracy. [Read more]

Fellow Sierra Leonean youths – especially those in Kenema, Despite the successes we recorded in our development challenges in the year 2014, we regret to refer to the year as [Read more]

Ebola patients at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone have been given a heart drug that is untested against the virus in animals and humans, a move that has been [Read more]

IATF Headquarters, Dec 21 British and Canadian Military Medics arrive in Sierra Leone to join the fight against Ebola. Yesterday saw 100 military personnel from Britain and Canada join the [Read more]

Dr. WILLOUGHBY has been laid to eternal rest. His soul has been added to the countless precious souls Sierra Leone has lost to Ebola…..  may he rest in perfect peace. [Read more]

James Garfield once said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable”.   My belief is that Sierra Leone is gradually approaching the other side [Read more]

COMMUNIQUE ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION MEETING HELD BETWEEN RTD. BRIGADIER JULIUS MAADA BIO AND MR. JOHN OPONJO BENJAMIN London, 16th December 2014.   After the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections [Read more]

Dozens of die-hard African literature aficionados and book lovers thronged into Sheppard Hall at City College New York (CCNY) in Harlem Thursday for Zimbabwean author, No Violet Bulawayo’s lecture at [Read more]

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT BETWEEN DISTRICTS DURING CHRISTMAS PERIOD Fellow Sierra Leoneans, since our country registered it first case of Ebola [Read more]

Benjamin Franklins’ famous “Two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner” aptly describes the realities of our convulsing, blood-soaked Sierra Leone today. Between Ebola and [Read more]

It’s that time of the year; the season of good will, and on earth peace to all men. We are literally half way into the Premier League season and things [Read more]

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2014/ — The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million [Read more]