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Sporting Kansas Citys Kei Kamara Sierra Leone hasnt prepared us well enough to qualify for tournaments

Kei Kamara has never been shy about taking on opposing defenders, either in club play or with his national team. Sporting Kansas City winger has also shown himself unafraid to criticize the sports establishment in his native country, and vented his frustrations once more on Tuesday ...
Manchester City FC Forum in outrage over treatment of Armani Sheku Kamara

The following communication was received from concerned UK citizens and Bluemoon (Manchester City Football Club) supporters with regard to Armani Sheku Kamara recently allegedly being accused of 'Receiving Stolen Property' and the unethical treatment he has allegedly received. The matter has received international concern, and put Sierra Leone in the spotlight – one hopes the ...
Another high flying Sierra Leonean joining UNIDO team in Ethiopia

Former Head of UNIDO operations in Sierra Leone – Dr. Stephen Bainous Kargbo, has started work at the UNIDO Regional Office in Ethiopia, following a competitive and rigorous selection process. The office in Ethiopia headed by a UNIDO Representative and Regional Director covers the four countries of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and also works collaboratively with the African Union ...
Siera Leone Kroo Bay Community benefits from Tell-it-to-Rachael Foundation

The Tell-it-to-Rachael Foundation over the weekend fed and distributed school materials to over 200 pupils in the Kroo Bay Community as part of activities commemorating the Day of the African Child. Before the distribution of the materials, the Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation, Rachael Bangura said the choice of the Kroo Bay community was no mistake noting that most of the ...
Siera Leone Annie Walsh pupils to benefit from 55 scholarships

Fifty-five Junior Secondary School (JSS) pupils of the Annie Walsh Memorial School are set to benefit from a full scholarship award by Sierra Leonean born philanthropist based in the United States of America, Mrs. Carol Bangura. According to Mrs. Bangura, the scholarship will commence at the start of the next academic year and will begin with pupils promoting to JSS III. She said the best 55 ...

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The Ringer

It sounds like the worst bad-joke movie ever -- a guy pretends to be mentally challenged in order to fix the Special Olympics -- but The Ringer is actually a surprisingly sweet comedy that draws its laughs not from its characters handicaps, but from a consistent upending of stereotypes ... ...

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Siera Leone ACC schools Bonthe Police

The Local Unit Commander (LUC) of the Sierra Leone Police- Bonthe Division has referred to lack of housing, medical facilities and low salaries of police officers as the bedrock for the alarming rate of corruption within the Police Force in Bonthe district. Emmanuel Emerson Kargbo made this statement in a session conducted by Joseph Hazley the Anti Corruption Commission Coordinator Bonthe ...
Siera Leone As fake Nursing Schools planned for closure… Chief Nurse urges Nurses to be ethical

As part of her strategy to upgrade the standard of nursing in Sierra Leone, the new Chief Nursing Officer, Hossinatu Kanu, on Friday, 14th June, 2013 has disclosed her intention to close down all unaccredited Nursing Schools in the country. Madam Kanu made this disclosure at her Youyi Building Office during her first meet with Matrons and Sisters from across the country. She also took time to ...
Siera Leone President Koroma to meet new Chinese Presidnet

As the bi-lateral relationship between Sierra Leone and China continues to strengthen, President Ernest Bai Koroma will pay an official visit to the Chinese Republic from 24th to 30th June this year, where he is expected to deliver a keynote address at the Xiahun Univeristy at a Forum for International Peace. Briefing members of the media on the visit, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, ...
Siera Leone LMC boosts Free Healthcare at Lunsar Hospital

The Lunsar Health Center has received a supply of medical consumables worth forty thousand Pound Sterling from London Mining Company (LMC), to boost the free health care programme in the town and the Marampa Chiefdom as a whole. According to LMC’s Community Relations and Resettlement Manager, Desmond Doherty, the medical supply was donated to the hospital courtesy of Annette Roberts in ...
Liberia No Evidence to Prosecute 19 Grand Gedians - Say Defense Lawyers

The lawyers representing 19 Grand Gedians currently under trial for different crimes ranging from rape, murder, mercenarism, theft of property and arson, has filed a motion before Criminal Court "D" at the Temple of Justice to dismiss the trial against their clients. The Temple of Justice is situated on Capitol Hill, Monrovia. It can be recalled that sometimes ago, the Government of ...

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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. ...