Archive for September 18th, 2012

UNDP Ends Workshop On Climate Change Adaption

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[Concord]United Nations Development Programme UNDP in partnership with the Global Environment Facility GEF and the Government of Sierra Leone has ended the second phase of the project inception workshop on early warning on climate change adaption in th…

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NEC Officer Decries Low Turnout for Voter Ids

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[Concord]The National Electoral Commission (NEC) Distribution Officer for Ward 381 in Constituency 108, central part of Freetown, has complained about the low turnout of electorates to collect their voter ID cards at centre number 14162. Martin Moiba t…

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For Illegal Dismissal and Ill-Treatment

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[Concord]Former employee of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who was allegedly assaulted by the current Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Oluniyi Robbin-Coker, has made a formal complaint against NEC to the Human Rights Commission of Sier…

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Africa: Poor Import-Reliant Countries Need Help

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[IRIN]Johannesburg -High cereal prices have bloated countries’ food import bills in the past decade, partly because of export restrictions imposed by some governments that have squeezed supply. As cereal prices begin to again climb, a new study has cal…

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AML Frowns At Rail Thieves

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[Concord]A team of ournalists, led by heads of public relations and legal departments of African Minerals, has ended a tour of the Rogbere and Port Loko axis of the company’s railway facilities where cases of theft were being investigated and prosecute…

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‘Bigfut’ Campaign Launched

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[Concord]The ministry of health and sanitation in collaboration with its health partners such as Helen Keller International, WHO, UNICEF and USAID, yesterday launched the campaign against Lymphatic Filariasis commonly known as elephantiasis or ‘bigfut’…

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Wellington Market Women Cry for Help

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[Concord]Traders at Wellington Market in the east of Freetown have complained about their market’s deteriorating structures and the poor state of the environment in which they sell saying it is not hygienic for their wellbeing and may lead to diseases …

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Police Officer Testifies in Le244 Million Fraud Case

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[Concord]Sgt. Andrew Komeh attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last Tuesday testified before Magistrate Steven Conteh of Court No. 1 in the ongoing lawsuit between Sweet Salone Management Company and one Samuel Kamanda Bongay who w…

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Acting Mayor Vows to Woo More APC Support

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[Concord]Despite being knocked out in the struggle for the All Peoples Congress APC symbol to contest for the Freetown City Council Mayor seat which saw Bode Gibson win with over a hundred votes, the acting Mayor, Alhaji Gibril Kanu, has vowed to conti…

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Sierratel Cleans Kroo Bay

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[Concord]Sierratel, the oldest telecommunication company in

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