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Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission says Prince Harding is clean |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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The Anti-Corruption Commission says there is insufficient evidence to bring charges of corruption against the former Minister of Transport and Communication, Dr. Prince Alex Harding and three other government officials with regard the Paramount helicopter crash of 3rd June 2007.(PHOTO:ACC Commissioner Abdul Tejan-Cole ). |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 May 2008 )
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Anti-Corruption Chief presents strategies to fight graft |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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The 2008-2010 Anti-Corruption Strategy has been presented by the Commission's boss, Lawyer Abdul Tejan-Cole during a ceremony held at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex, Kingtom in Freetown. The document is geared towards giving the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) a leading role in coordinating the implementation of key strategies, as well as to set and attain performance targets for its existing and emerging mandate areas. |
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NASSIT inaugurates 14 trustees |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Fourteen senior citizens of Sierra Leone have taken an oath of secrecy to serve as Board of Trustees at the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT). The event took place at an impressive ceremony hosted at the Trust's Lightfoot Boston Street head office in Freetown, and witnessed by the Minister of Employment and Social Security, Hon. Minkailu Mansaray as Guest of Honour. |
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Disunity : A disaster looming |
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Written by Winston Kabia : Culled from LEONET-TAMU
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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The saying goes: "The tribe that collects food and gathers it by the net full, will indeed, today and tomorrow see the gathered food overflowing – (a Mampa proverb). |
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The saga of a Nigerian dictator : Rename Sani Abacha Street : |
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Written by Ibrahim Koroma
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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May I start by thanking you for updating us on a daily bases about what is happening in our beloved country S/Leone. Please allow me space in your widely read news paper to air my views about the renaming of one of our streets in Freetown. Kissy street in Freetown (as it was formally known) was changed to Abacha street by the then SLPP government for no decent reason. Their argument was that the late Nigerian president Abacha, whose name was given to our street was very instrumental in fighting the rebel war. |
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Drs. Palmer and Porter write book on Sierra Leonean Literature |
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Written by By a contributor
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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"Knowledge is More Than Mere Words" is the first critical assessment of Sierra Leonean Literature in general. After an introduction tracing the historical and literary context written by Eustace Palmer, there are fifteen chapters by ten native Sierra Leoneans, all of them currently professors of English at American universities, and all but one of them either graduates of, or former lecturers at, Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone. (Photo : Dr. Abioseh Porter : Courtesy of Patriotic Vanguard ) READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE : |
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"Yenga cannot be resolved by political machination " : Says Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh |
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Written by Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh : Chairman . Sierra Leone People's Democratic League
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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My honest advice goes to the editor of Cocorioko not to allow mischief makers to lead this credible newspaper to abandon the basic and finest tenets of journalism, by pandering to the whims of a ghost captain. I am not about to hold my fire or acquiesce in the presence of a vanquished man who claims he never withdrew under rebel fire and will not do so now. READ THE FULL ARTICLE : |
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Why SLPP Radio is off the air : Presidential Affairs Minister explains to COCORIOKO |
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Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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The Minister of State for Presidential and Public Affairs, Hon. Alpha Kanu, today explained in details to COCORIOKO why the Sierra Leone People's Party ( SLPP) Radio is off the air. The minister took his time to debunk accusations being made by the SLPP that the ruling All People's Congress (APC ) government had deliberately banned the radio to discourage freedom of expression in the country. He described this accusation as complete nonsense and one designed by the SLPP to score cheap points ahead of the forthcoming Local Council Elections. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 May 2008 )
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Information Minister condemns unfair blaming of APC Government for Sierra Leone's problems |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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The minister of Information and Communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has said that it is unfair to condemn the government for the present state of affairs in the country regarding the rise in the prices of foodstuff and other essential commodities. |
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CME Group to sponsor 2008 U.S-Africa Agribusiness Forum in Chicago in June |
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Written by Anita Liskey and Adina Ellis
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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“The world food shortage, increasing commodity prices, and the biofuel debate have garnered a tremendous amount of attention from global agribusiness industry experts in the past several weeks,” said CCA President Stephen Hayes." READ THE FULL RELEASE : |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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Statement by Ambassador Frank Majoor on the Peace Building Commission |
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Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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My last statement in this capacity before the Security Council dates back to 14 December 2007. On that occasion, I briefed you on the adoption of the Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework by the Government of Sierra Leone and the Peacebuilding Commission. READ THE FULL SPEECH : |
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Labour Minister frowns at rampant deforestation |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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The Deputy Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations, Khadijatu Sesay has expressed serious concern over what she considered as the rampant cutting down of trees around the Freetown Peninsular. |
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Charlotte Community commemorates 1945 landslide |
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Written by Moses Kargbo
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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The Charlotte Development Organisation (CDO) has reflected on the horrors of 1945 when a devastating landslide nearly succeeded in wiping out the village, located in the Western Rural District of the capital, Freetown. |
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Sierra Leone : Is the role of the opposition always to oppose ? |
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Written by Joseph Sherman : Senior Editor of COCORIOKO
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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In this new political dispensation in Sierra Leone in which the S LPP is the major opposition party after its defeat in one of the most transparent and respected electoral process in Africa, vigorous exchanges and challenges are expected by the status quo to prevail. However, there should be no room for serious acrimony; neither should they as opposition becomes disloyal or political discourse be allowed to be disagreeable. |
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Written by KABS KANU
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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The English Premier League Championship competition ended on a jubilant note today for thousands of Sierra Leoneans at home and in the diaspora when their favourite team, Manchester United , clinched a 10th title , after a nail-biting finale that took nerves through the shredder once again. |
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