Western Region (Sierra Leone)

A New Day for SLAJ - Umaru Fofana is President

Thirty-six years old BBC stringer won the SLAJ presidential elections on Saturday after he brought down Philip Neville and Karim Sei with relative ease. It was a closely contested election but results show that the winner had...

HIV/AIDS Door-to-Door Testing Catches the Youth

Sierra Leone: HIV/AIDS Door-to-Door Testing Catches the Youth Posted to the web 28 November 2008 Rachel Horner The National AIDS secretariat (NAS) has started its door to door HIV/AIDS testing campaign in Freetown to...

Sierra Leone pirates attack Chinese vessel

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa, officials said Thursday. Four of the pirates, all from neighboring Guinea, were killed early Wednesday in a clash with...

NAS to Commemorate Word Aids Day

Sierra Leone: NAS to Commemorate Word Aids Day Posted to the web 27 November 2008 Rachel Horner and Bryna Hallam Freetown The National AIDS secretariat (NAS) and other partners will commemorate World AIDS Day 2008 nationwide...

Abacha Traders Appreciate APC

Sierra Leone: Abacha Traders Appreciate APC Posted to the web 27 November 2008 Ben Samuel Turay and Bryna Hallam Chairlady of the Abacha Street traders association in Freetown disclosed to Concord Times that they appreciate the...

Sierra Leone: 14 Armed Robbers Nabbed, Two Vehicles Retrieved

Posted to the web 26 November 2008 Mohamed Massaquoi Police officers attached to the Kissy and Congo cross police stations Wednesday confirmed the arrest of fourteen armed robbers who have been terrorizing residents of Freetown...

Congo Water Cries for Community Centre

Councilor Ansu Osman Koroma of Constituency 98 Ward 352 in the Congo Water area, eastern Freetown, said his Ward lacks a community centre thus forcing the community to host most of their activities at the Wellington Community...

What the Future Holds

It should by now clearly be understood from the clarity of hind sight that historical scenarios do take cycles. It is borne from the belief that whatever goes round comes round. This is a historical fact that our politicians...

Sierra Leone: Unemployment Forces Youth to Abandon Their Communities

Resident youths of both Banana Island and Kent village in the Freetown Peninsular have come together and resolved to abandon their communities for what they considered as lack of employment opportunities in their areas.

Sierra Leone: Kallon's Biography to Hit Country

Posted to the web 25 November 2008 Sahr Morris Jnr Former Leone Stars captain, Mohamed Kallon's biography titled 'The Gem of Sierra Leone' would soon hit Freetown as it is presently on sale in the United States of America. The...

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