Month: February 2014

The continent’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence  CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, February 26, 2014/ — Entries to the 2014 African Blogger Awards (http://www.africanbloggerawards.com), the [Read more]

The dire situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) – where Almost 20,000 people have reportedly crossed into Cameroon since the beginning of February to avoid the violence – was [Read more]

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa  PARIS, France, February 24, 2014/ — Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, is sponsoring the first edition [Read more]

More than 50 private sector companies working hand in hand with public institutions, civil societies and the media in West Africa to increase trade  LAGOS, February 24, 2014/ — The [Read more]

The WhatsApp instant messaging app has apologised to users after being unavailable for several hours on Saturday night. WhatsApp, which has more than 450 million monthly users, said it was having [Read more]

President Koroma is in his second and last term of his political career in the country; last term because the country’s constitution disallows an incumbent president to run for third [Read more]

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 20th February said that the "Pay No Bribe Campaign" would primarily ensure that Service Charters for key institutions and agencies nationwide are printed [Read more]

Keynote Address by His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Official opening of the Mo Ibrahim Seminar on the State of Governance in Africa And the Official Launch of [Read more]

A question has been raised on discussion fora; “Is it time to …adopt ‘MANDELANISM’ as the new African religion?” “Love, freedom, forgiveness, humility, selflessness, compassion” have been raised as main [Read more]

From the editor:  Please be reminded that the objective of CEN is to facilitate an untrammeled forum of discussion about issues that affect Sierra Leone’s socioeconomic, cultural and political development. [Read more]

PRESS RELEASE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SEVERAL MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STATE HOUSE TO REVIEW OUR ENERGY PROJECTS. THE OUTCOME OF THESE MEETINGS HAS LEFT HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT [Read more]

The International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, a day sponsored by the UN was first observed on February 6, 2003 to create awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) and [Read more]

The embattled Minority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai, says she is amicable but principled, the reason she claims 26 out of 42 opposition MPs are bent on replacing [Read more]