After playing themselves back into contention with two victories in as many matches, the Under-19 cricket side face lowly Sierra Leone at the United Oval, Windhoek, Namibia this afternoon in the...

By MICHAEL P. RELLAHAN, Staff Writer WEST CHESTER – A native of Sierra Leone who raped a fellow immigrant at her apartment in the borough, and who then tried to force the victim to keep quiet...

Accuray receives Shonin approval to market CyberKnife G4 Robotic Radiosurgery System (1)Marie-Lou Lizotte-Buisson wrote: Dear editor, My name is Marie-Lou...

In 2007, during the last few months of the Presidential Elections campaign, then APC Opposition Leader, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma, attended the Abuja inauguration ceremony of the then newly-elected...

[JURIST] Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the...

Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso stating that they will "solemnly and scrupulously conform themselves to the verdict of the polls."The mineral-rich West African nation recently...

BUCHANAN, Liberia (AFP) – A home right on the beach has proved anything but a dream for Frances Kwessi, 35, who has watched sea erosion destroy her house room by room, as the Atlantic washed up...

JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal...

What do a young fruit juice produce company in Uganda and a cashew nut cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire have in common? They are both past winners of the Project Incubator Award, an initiative of the...

So he infiltrated UDP’s camp with his thugs. In UDP’s emblems, the thugs went around causing havoc and trouble. And that was right for Stevens. He declared a State of Emergency and arrested and...

A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for damages. Paul Hoffman,...

Guinea’s Prime Minister Backs off Involvement in Presidential Run-Off The two candidates in Guinea's run-off presidential election have signed an agreement to run "peaceful" campaigns and respect...

del.icio.us In South Africa, the public service workers strike continues following union rejection earlier this week of the latest government wage offer.  However, there’s much going on behind the...

Rights Group: Executions Conducted With 'Chilling Speed' in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is defending the execution of four men found guilty of trying to assassinate the president. The...

Reverend Xola Skosana said his sermon was designed to combat the stigma surrounding HIV and Aids. "My responsibility as a pastor is to paint a picture of a God who cares for people and wants the...

Libreville - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the trial of four men sentenced to death for an attack on the presidential palace was "open" and "fair", in a statement released...

A month/y summary of the Taylor trial for July 2010 written by Elena Marrs at the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and...

The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in Mogadishu that have claimed dozens of lives.The deputy head of the AU commission on Somalia says the peacekeepers have established nine new...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - African Union peacekeepers say they have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital over the last several months. The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in...

Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 06:25 CDT A species of acacia tree in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephants by ants, according to new research from scientists at the...

(David McNew, Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's...

Church Leaders See Need for Networking in CommunicationNAIROBI, Kenya, SEPT. 2, 2010 (Zenit.org).- "Fragmentation is our biggest weakness," says a member of the Pontifical Council for Social...

Freetown — With barely a month to go for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, national weightlifting coach Sonny Johnson has revealed how they are currently undergoing intensive preparations...

Freetown — The Sierra Leone U-19 cricket team has once again lost to the host nation in the ongoing ICC Africa U-19 World Cup qualifiers in Namibia after earlier on losing to Kenya. The team...

Freetown — A 17 year-old boy residing at Hill Station in the west-end of Freetown has accused his mother, grand mother, uncle and three others of being witch crafts working for the underworld. ...

Freetown — The national secretariat of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Tuesday received letters of intent for the leadership contest from two more candidates, bringing to 20...

Freetown — Sierra Leone's district headquarter towns were agog with activity last week when the Minister, Deputy Minister-2 and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food...

Freetown — Sierra Leone is fast running towards post-conflict reconstruction and development generally. So fast that certain aspects have to be taken care of by its auxiliary partners. That was...

Freetown — The National Revenue Authority (NRA's) head of the Gbalamuya Customs post, Daniel Sesay, informed this writer that the post which borders Guinea and Sierra Leone is a major trading...

Freetown — Winners of the Africell 'Find the Hidden Treasure' Ramadan promotion were in jubilant mood yesterday as they received their prizes from the company. The presentation ceremony at the...

This is exactly what SLAJ was trying to prove when in February 2008 the association took a similar move to have our Supreme Court do what their Ugandan counterparts have done. Our highest court...

Francis Obai Kabia said his desire to see Sierra Leone being united as a nation has pushed him to declare his intention of leading the opposition and eventually Sierra Leone after the general...

Freetown — As the race for who to lead the Sierra Leone People's Party to the 2012 parliamentary and presidential elections heats-up, director of the Holy Mary Children's Clinic has joined the...

Freetown — The Special Court for Sierra Leone has heard that Charles Taylor's former vice president, Moses Blah, ordered the execution in Liberia of the former Revolutionary United Front (RUF)...

The Management of Firestone Liberia is expected to host a scholarship awards ceremony for deserving students who have been qualified to benefit from the company's Scholarship Program for the...

The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Martida Parker and the Chairman of the Board of Directors have differed over the US$1.7 million concession agreement for the...

Liberia's Vice President, Joseph N. Boakai has welcomed the U.S. based Pantropic to Liberia, noting that its operations will touch the lives of rural dwellers, and help boost Government's Poverty...

The administration of the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Margibi County, has lauded the long-standing partnership between it and the management of Firestone...