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  • Not all Sierra Leoneans enjoy economic growth benefits

    Sierra Leone has one of the world's fastest growing economies, according to an International Monetary Fund report. But the post-civil war boom has not yet brought benefits for ...

  • Liberia Press Union of Liberia Position On the President Sirleafs Double Standard On Press Freedom in Liberia

    Fellow Colleagues, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the events of the last 18 days have been well documented. On May 3, 2013, members of the Liberian media assembled in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to observe World Press Freedom Day, a day declared by the United Nations to remind member states about the need for a free, independent and pluralistic media. But it was also to pay tribute to ...

  • Her pink skies will keep me warm

    Today's the day! I'm sitting at gate C30 at the Philadelphia International Airport, trying to cool down because I've been running around like a madman all morning. I have begun my journey to Sierra Leone, where I will spend the next seven weeks. The journey began with a daredevil attempt to get my last taste of Buffalo wings and fries for almost two months with my gas tank on E, ...

  • Liberia Govt Publishes Landmark Resource Audit but Needs to Address Findings

    Publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, said campaigning watchdog Global Witness today. ...

  • “Unusual Suspects” are transforming access to Reproductive Health Services

    2013 Resolve Award to representatives of three countries--the Gambia, Kenya, and Zambia, with a special mention given to Sierra Leone--for demonstrating leadership and political will. But the individuals transforming lives on the ground may not be who you'd ...

Movie Review

Belle de jour [Blu-Ray]

Belle de jour [Blu-Ray]

In Luis Buuels Belle de jour, Catherine Deneuve plays Sverine Serizy, a blank-faced bourgeois housewife who learns how to feed her inner masochist when she begins prostituting herself during weekday afternoons at a tony Parisian brothel. The film was released the same year as Je ... ...

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  • In Africa’s Great Lakes region peace dividend must follow peace deal

    Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours, educate millions of out-of-school children, empower women, and create economic opportunities that will help the countries forge a path to prosperity, good governance, and lasting stability. ...

  • Michael Felix Rowe Receives MEMOS Degree

    According to Michael Felix Rowe, he said the role of Memosian is to be able to manage and develop the different sport organizations within his or her country and beyond, and also to implement and develop administrative management policies and develop projects within the NOC as well as serving as Marketing and Sports Manager for Sport in Sierra ...

  • PaRD Sierra Leone provides 3000 rural youths with livelihood skills

    Partners in Relief and Development Sierra Leone (PaRD SL) at 3 Big Waterloo Street. Freetown has successfully led a consortium together with Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF), and Christian Community Development Programme (CCDP), to design and implement an integrated programme of employable skills by training 3,000 rural youth in eight districts across the country. (Vulnerable rural youths in Port ...

  • Ghana beat Senegal 1-0 to win AACB 2013 Championship

    minute goal from a free kick by forward Michael Osei - popularly known as Ember, a former member of Ghanaian national team Black Stars, as well as Ghana club champion Asante Kotoko, gave Ghana a 1-0 victory over Senegal to win African Advisory Council of Bronx (AACB) 2013 African Nations Cup, Saturday in New York. (Photo: l-r Ghana’s Coach Baffour Acheampong and Edwin Gboney – ...

  • Swimming Expert Storms Bo

    As part of the development of the national sport structure, the Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association technical team stormed Bo city over the weekend to continue with the two days training which attracted over 15 swimmers in Bo. ...

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