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On the ongoing mid-term census in Sierra Leone
By Professor Osman Sankoh, Chief Statistician of Sierra Leone, popularly known as Mallam Osman (Mallam O) You should know the strange circumstances we are working in — the first time an influential political party openly called for a boycott, pri...


Score 10 goals in Cameroon, Hawa Tombo tells her husband
By Our Reporter It was a tearful scene of goodbyes, prayers and instruction on what to do in Cameroon. As the Leone Stars left their hotel today to board the bus that will take them to the airport on their way to Cameroon to take part in the bigge...


Cry Freetown: January 6, 1999
PV Staff In January 1999, terrible events happened in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a country soaked in blood for eleven years. Rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and government forces tore each other apart, killing thousands of civi...


Go and bring the trophy, President Bio tells Leone Stars
At a ceremony at State House Tuesday January 4, President Julius Maada Bio made the following statement about the national soccer team, the Leone Stars: On behalf of millions of Sierra Leoneans, I said "good bye our darling Leone Stars" at State Ho...


New Year: Statement by Prime Minister Trudeau
Statement by the Prime Minister to mark the New Year December 31, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement to mark the New Year: “Happy New Year, Canada! “After a second year marked by the...


New Year message by President Bio
National Broadcast on New Year Eve by His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, 31st December 2021. Fellow citizens: 1. Just over a week ago, I switched on the CLSG interconnection at Tiloma, bringing sustainab...


Leone Stars 2022 AFCON Squad
Contributed Leone Stars 2022 AFCON Squad Goal Keepers 1. Mohamed N Kamara (Fabianski) 2. Ibrahim Sesay 3. Isaac Caulker Defenders 4. Yeami Dunia 5. Saidu Mansaray ( Malian) 6. Umaru Bangura 7. David J D Sesay 8. Osman Kakay 9. Kelvin Wri...


Prince Harding re-elected SLPP chairman
By Our Reporter The incumbent Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) chairman, Prince Alex Harding (photo), has been re-elected in a tension-filled contest in Bo, the second largest city in the country. He scored 529 votes to beat his strongest challeng...


Guinean government commits to ending violence against children and women
Press release translated by The Patriotic Vanguard Nearly two weeks after the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, Prime Minister Mohamed Béavogui signed two commitments of the Government of...


Inuit writer Norma Dunning
Norma Dunning (born 1959) is an Inuit Canadian writer and assistant lecturer at the University of Alberta, who won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2018 for her short story collection Annie Muktuk and Other Stories. In the same year, she won the W...



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