The Daily IIJ

Multi-stakeholders including the United States, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates governments and 13 pharmaceutical companies have joined forces to eliminate some 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. Others are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank with some other global health organizations. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/01/multi-stakeholders-join-forces-to-fight.html

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Reports has indicate that President Ernest B. Koroma will not later than next month reveal the name of his running -mate. The issue of the President’s running mate came into the spotlight after a fracas in Kono when it was alleged that Daina Konomaini invited the Minister of Internal Affairs Musa Tarawallie in order to [...]

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People, the world over are waiting in anticipation for the Christmas holidays which bring fun to families; but not so with the devoted staff members of the Freetown City Council who are in doubt over the payment of their salaries. It is over four months now that salaries of staff of the council have not [...]

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“HIV/AIDS is not only a problem but an opportunity to change the world,” said Michel Sidibe, the executive director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AISDS, during a high level and experts conference in Berlin yesterday.

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The Parliamentary Assistance Coordinating Office (PACO) has on Thursday 26th January 2012 held a New Clerk of Parliament, Ibrahim Sesay meeting with development partners at the Parliament Conference Hall in Freetown. Addressing partners, the new Clerk of Parliament, Ibrahim Sesay said Parliament is an institution that cannot move by itself, and added that when given [...]

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The Vision of the National Youth Coalition is to restore the dignity of all Sierra Leonean youth and empower them for a brighter future. The organization has over the years engaged youths in various developmental activities to sustain their livelihood. For Sierra Leone?s electoral process to run smoothly and transparently, the Coalition has thought it [...]

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Madam Isatu Posseh Bangura, Manager and owner of the Posseh’s Hotel and Catering Services at Babadorie, Lumley, faced one of her greatest embarrassment in her life when on Monday 23rd January 2012 was detained at the Criminal Investigations Department for issuing a bounce cheque to the tune of Le18, 670, 000 (about $4, 500) to [...]

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The Peoples’ Development Movement (PDM) says it is bigger than any of its members regardless of name, financial status or creed because it is more than a Political Party. PDM Spokesperson Msenga Mlungu said PDM is a movement therefore like all political movements its survival is based on commitment to particular ideals that transcend individuals [...]

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Malawi needs transport professionals so as to come up with logistics solutions as Malawi is a land lock country, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Malawi Section) has said. The Institute noted that in countries like Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport forms an integral part of all [...]

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Fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning January 24, 2012 at the Borbor Comboh community situated at the Siaka Stevens Street- Krootown axis in central Freetown. Property worth millions of Leones was destroyed as a large part of the Shanty Town community mostly made up of makeshift zinc structures was burnt to [...]

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