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Moral values have no value if they are like beautifully suspended bubbles
Commentary Moral values have no value if they are like beautifully suspended bubbles By Sinneh T. Moijueh, Freetown, Sierra Leone Though at varying degrees and dimensions, we all try to stand for certain things and this fundamentally helps us avo...


New Electoral Commissioner for Western Region takes oath of office
By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Congratulations Zainab Umu Moseray. The oath you have taken today comes with a big responsibility. We want credible state institutions for our democracy to thrive. We believe that the days of cavalier ...


Economic diplomacy in Tanzania
Tanzania Minister for Agriculture, Prof. Adolf Mkenda (photo) said that the economic diplomacy that President Samia Suluhu Hassan continues to pursue is contributing to the improvement of people's living standards and the economy as a whole. Prof. M...


Why do (some) people enjoy violence?
Why do (some) people enjoy violence? In the war against ISIS, men in Iran volunteer to fight in militant groups. Why do they join? And why do they stay commited? Cultural Anthropologist Younes Saramifar (VU Amsterdam) explains that taking pleasure ...


Sierra Leone: Tribunal to investigate Auditor General
By Our Correspondent in Freetown The process to investigate Lara Taylor-Pearce, the suspended Auditor General (photo), has been set in motion here in Freetown with the forthcoming setting up of a tribunal to investigate her. She was recently suspen...


When managing third and fourth degree burns
Commentary By Dr. Nanah Sheriff Fofanah- Sesay, Special Contributor, USA Since survivors of the Wellington Tanker explosion were mostly impacted by third and fourth degree burns, the focus of this educational narrative is limited to these types of...


Sierra Leone: Auditor General suspended
By Our Correspondent Lara Taylor-Pearce (photo), the Auditor General of Sierra Leone, has been suspended while a tribunal will be set up by the office of the Attorney-General to investigate her and other officials, according to reliable sources her...


Another award for ACC boss
By ACC commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala, Freetown, Sierra Leone People say the ACC receives too many awards - both local and international; and ask what is the magic? I tell them it's because we are doing an extremely difficult task with extraordin...


Poetry: A flaming tanker
A flaming tanker By Khadija Jalloh, USA My heart cries My soul sinks The pain is deep I see the scars of The tank blazing The burnt pregnant woman Paining, the agony of the People clueless to the Problem that awaits A standing tank With ...


Young Sierra Leonean wins global student prize
Jeremiah Thoronka (photo), a student from Sierra Leone who invented a device that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean power, has been named the winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021. Jeremiah is the first w...



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