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Liberia Press Union Lifts News Blackout on Presidency

The Press Union of Liberia has lifted the blackout it imposed on the Liberian Presidency on May 9, 2013. The PUL reached the decision on Tuesday following a meeting of its members at the union's headquarters. "We come today to disappoint our President that it has never been our intention to have an open ended protest action. We reluctantly reached the decision to take the actions we ...
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 ...
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. ...

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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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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. ...
Water is life says Kolifa Kamara

Engineer and Station Manager of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWCO), Mr. Alimany Kolifa Kamara, has openly taken the bull by its horn by setting up a robust security team in Kenema. The team will be charged with the responsibility of educating the community on the protection of the area of Kamboi ...

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Security Council welcomes agreement by Guineans to resolve differences peacefully

29 April 2013 150 The Security Council today welcomed the joint declaration of non-violence signed last week in Conakry between the main Guinean stakeholders in which they committed themselves to resolve all differences exclusively through peaceful means.

In a statement issued to the press, the 15-member Council also welcomed the declaration by President Alpha Cond233; whereby he expressed his readiness to ensure the transparency and the credibility of the electoral process, and committed himself to accepting the results of the upcoming legislative elections.

In March, protests in the West African nation related to the polls led to several deaths and hundreds of injuries. At that time, both Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN human rights office appealed for calm amid the violence and urged political actors in Guinea to pursue dialogue to create conditions for peaceful elections.

The Council, which was briefed last Thursday on the situation in Guinea by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, expressed its concern over the "volatile situation" in the country.

"The members of the Security Council deplored the violent incidents that occurred during the demonstrations in Conakry on 25 April 2013, which resulted in the death of one person and injured a number of others. ...