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  • Airtel faces licence suspension in Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone's third largest mobile operator in terms of subscriptions Airtel may see the suspension of its operating licence, after the country's watchdog the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) gave the telco 21 days notice - effective 13 May 2013 - to improve its services. According to ...

  • Liberia Health Workers On Go-Slow

    Finance and Health Ministers Amara Konneh and Walter Gwenigale have been summoned to appear before the Senate plenary Thursday, May 23, 2013 to answer why health workers in Grand Kru County have not received their three months' pay. The decision to summon the two ministers was reached Tuesday, following a complaint by a Grand Kru County Senator, Peter Coleman that health workers in that ...

  • Liberia Block the Road

    President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered the Minister of Public Works to block the Samuel K. Doe (S.K.D) Boulevard road. President Johnson-Sirleaf ordered that the road be blocked to vehicles and other activities to allow speedy construction of the road. "Mr. Public Work Minister, block the roadso you can get the job done; you can't be trying to pave the road and you've ...

  • Liberia Ellen Orders SKD Boulevard Closed

    President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, to close the SKD Boulevard Road currently under renovation in Paynesville to traffic in order to avoid ongoing works obstructed and delayed by cars and pedestrians. "Mr. Minister [Samuel Kofi Woods], block the road so you can get the work done! You can't be building the road and you have people ...

  • 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 ...

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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier [DVD]

Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier [DVD]

Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece about the madness of war, has always been a flawed epic. Few films can rival the grandiosity of its scale and thematic ambitions--perhaps only D.W. Griffiths Intolerance (1916) surpasses it in sheer magnitude, visually a ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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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