China and Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have referred the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). UN Photo 22 May 2014 – Despite repeated appeals by senior United Nations officials for accountability for crimes being committed in Syria, the Security Council was unable today to adopt a resolution that […]...
Added by Kabbs Kanu on May 22, 2014. Saved under Uncategorized 22 May 2014 Web Version Statement on today’s veto of a UN Security Council resolution referring the situation in Syria to the ICC For the fourth time since the conflict began in 2011, a double veto by Russia and China has blocked efforts to hold accountable perpetrators […]...
By Alhassan Spear Kamara : As part of its corporate social responsibility the Sierra Leone Airport Authority on Thursday 22 May donated the sum of fifty million leones to pay fees for university students that hailed from the community through the Paramount Chief Bai Shebora Segbabereh 111 at a short but very impressive cerenony that […]...
Promoting women and gender related issues has been a core value, in the Government of Sierra Leone, under the presidency of Dr Ernest Bai Koroma. This has been manifested through the appointment of women into positions of national trust, thus making them an integral part in the day to day administration of the state. For instance, […]...
Africans in the Metro DC Area are planning to have the largest gathering of all African immigrants to create a plan of Action for the Following : Respect; Recognition; Relevant; and Reward. Lets make our voices heard , and join us in making real change to build African immigrant power across the ethnicity, […]...
PUBLISHED COURTESY OF THE AWARENESS TIMES NEWSPAPER :By Paul Lamin in Kenema & Augustine Samba in Freetown May 20, 2014, 17:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiNemkjMiQ8 Special Executive Assistant to the President has called on the people of Niawa Chiefdom in the Kenema district to join hands with the leadership of His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma in removing […]...
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel has sent two anti-terror experts to Nigeria to join the search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an Israeli security source said on Tuesday. “There are in Nigeria two advisers who have dealt in terrorist matters in the past,” he told AFP. “They were sent there […]...
[Sierra Leone Government]President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 20th May extolled the achievements of the Executive Chairman of the African Minerals Limited, Gibril Moseray Fadika during an award presentation ceremony at State House, Freetown....
Added by Kabbs Kanu on May 21, 2014. Saved under Uncategorized That President Ernest Bai Koroma has elevated the livelihood of young people in Sierra Leone from what misguided and overzealous Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray thinks. Since assuming the mantle of leadership of this great nation, he has enhanced the status of young people, by setting up the National […]...
Added by Kabbs Kanu on May 21, 2014. Saved under Uncategorized Sierra Leone’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who later became Minister of Health before her international appointment as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict , Mrs. Zainab Bangura, was last Friday , conferred the honorary degree […]...
In pursuit of its core principles of coalition building and partnership in the fight against corruption, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sub-Regional Office Kono has on Tuesday 13th May, 2014 held customized meeting with management and staff of Radio New Song FM 91.1 on the dangers of the corruption at their Conference Hall, Main […]...
By AHMED SAKA and MICHELLE FAUL JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the twin car bombs. […]...
By Prince Nagbe & Wilfred Gortor MONROVIA, May 12 (LINA) – Gender Ministry Anti-Rape Ambassador and Liberia’s music celebrity, Jonathan Koffa, alias Takun J, has called on Liberians to join in the fight against rape of young girls in the country. He said until Liberians speak up against this menace in the society, “our young sisters […]...
By Prince Nagbe ZWEDRU, May 12 (LINA) – Grand Gedeh County Superintendent Peter Solo has said the county is safe, if not safer than Monrovia, the Liberian capital, to reside and invest. He said there has been no incident of armed robbery in Zwedru and other parts of Grand Gedeh in recent times, crediting the […]...
The United Nations Integrated Peace Building Office in Sierra Leone UNIPSIL has donated assets to the National Commission for Democracy (NCD), one of its key partners working in close collaboration with the UN to enhance its capacity in pursuing its mandate of enlightening the public about the need to embrace peace, development and democracy in […]...
By David Kajue When I was taught letter writing in primary school in the 90s, I had used to bother my elderly sister who was a teacher of the very primary school with too many letters. To some point my sister had to say this to me; “Congratulations young man, I have known that […]...
By Amadu Femoh Sesay —Information Officer-Cabinet Secretariat : The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Ernest Sahid Alie Surrur attended a three day interregional conference from 12th-14th May organized by the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD) in the Kingdom of Morocco. The conference which was attended […]...
By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf : On behalf of the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who is also the First Deputy Premier and Minister of […]...
Gloria Allen, a freelance writer, member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Krio Descendent Union, North America Chapter, has presented her third most recently published novel about second chances entitled “Smoke in the Kitchen” to Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens, the Dean of ECOWAS Ambassadors’ Group accredited to the United States ofAmerica. The book […]...
The Dean of West African Ambassadors accredited to the United States of America His Excellency Bockari Kortu Stevens has said West African Ambassadors accredited to the United States of America should continue to work as a unified entity to enable them speak with one voice in so far as concerns of West Africa is concern. […]...