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  • Is the Sierra Leone police a force for good

    Sierra Leone has one of the worst crime figures in West Africa. A survey conducted last year found that the majority of people in the country do not trust the police force. Over 70% of people also said that the police force is the most corrupt institution in the country. This is a highly damning record, for an institution which takes its roots from the British tradition of 'fair cop' ...

  • Tribute… Alice Foyah goes to Wonderland

    When I got back to Parliament after the trip, I bumped literally into Hon Alice Foyah and after apologising for my clumsiness I told her of my trip to her constituency. She smiled fully, her eyes like two shining buttons. She placed a hand on my shoulder and said ...

  • JAFAI plans to empower women children and physically challenged

    JAFAI-Health and Support Services , a non-governmental philanthropic organization is seeking to empower women, children and persons with disability in Sierra Leone. The organization recently visited five deprived communities, Susan Bay, Kroobay, Waterloo Refugee Camp, Pademba Road Disabled Center, and the Lightfoot Boston Street of Freetown, to find out about problems, and a way of means to ...

  • London Mining refurbishes Lunsar landmark in Sierra Leone

    Building on foundations established by Delco over four decades ago, London Mining Company has further demonstrated its commitment to the community and people of Lunsar and its environs by renovating the Lunsar Town ...

  • No brilliance is required in law just common sense

    As part of "Operation WID", abandoned and illegally parked vehicles on main streets have become another major concern. Watching from where I am standing, it has had some instant successes, as many streets have been cleared to allow the free flow of traffic. It took me less than 10 minutes from Eastern Police to Up Gun Turntable the other day. A few months ago, this was unthinkable, and ...

Movie Review

Birth

Birth

With the combination of its foreboding urban interiors, supernatural overtones, and Nicole Kidmans pixie haircut, Birth is being compared to Rosemarys Baby (1968), but the film it more closely resembles is the much less heralded Angel Eyes (1999), a possibly supernatural thriller/ ... ...

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  • Imams end confab in Makeni

    The United Council of Imams in Sierra Leone ended a two day conference on theme ';Islam in Sierra Leone and its challenges in contemporary period" at the Town Hall in Makeni on ...

  • Kambai District Council clears the air

    The rehabilitation of the Rokuprmagbema Chiefdom Health Centre and the Magbemgbeh, Gbinleh Dixon Chiefdom in the Kambia district has finally been completed, according to an investigation conducted by various media houses and press concern for the People's Advocacy Network Sierra Leone. The investigation came amidst various allegations saying the project was a scam. (Photo: Newly ...

  • Sierra Leone could be in blatant breach of international laws

    The recent rancorous confrontation between South African miners and the reckless Police Officers in the American Platinum Mining Complex in Rustenburg Marikan mine sent shock waves and disseminated animosity among locals as well as condemnation across the international community when the Platinum industrial dispute was viciously settled by the use of arms and ammunitions against miners who ...

  • Why Leones and Cents are becoming so volatile with Sierra Leonean citizens

    Texas, USA May 17, 2013 – In my country, Sierra Leone, respecting currency is one of the most patriotic things a citizen can do. Our currency is identified as Leones and cents. In Sierra Leone, the role of government and institutions of development, in my opinion, should be governed in a democratic manner as well as with a more strict approach towards individuals and their lack of ...

  • ‘MY World’ Survey – first results – half a million citizens tell the United Nations their priorities

    New York, 16 May 2013 - Over 560,000 citizens from 194 countries have already voted for the issues that would make the most difference to their lives, providing, for the first time ever, real-time and real-world intelligence on what people think about the biggest challenges facing them and their ...

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