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Mariama Sesay
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Residents of Hill Station on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the Presidential Lodge at Hill Station.
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Francis Sowa
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
A delegation from the United Nations Peace Building Commission (PBC) led by Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, is visiting Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone observes International Women’s Day
Millicent Massaquoi
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Women in Sierra Leone observed the International Women’s Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to showcase the achievements of women around the world.
Abubakarr Bah
Monday, 08 March 2010
Residents in Freetown have registered their disappointment with the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change campaign.

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Fatmata Kargbo
Monday, 08 March 2010
A sixteen –man medical team from Nigeria, has provided free medical services to over one thousand residents on Bonthe Island.
Abubakarr Bah
Monday, 08 March 2010
A gruesome road accident along the Makeni-Lunsar highway has left four people dead.
Abass Kallon
Thursday, 04 March 2010
A twelve year old girl in Koidu has died after allegedly been raped by a fifty-six year old man, Bakarr Sin-ga-tay.
Handel Mac-Williams
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The Station Manager of Radio Wanjei in the Pujehun District, Melvin Rogers has alleged that he has received death threats from the Deputy Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations, Moijueh Kai Kai. ...
Abubakarr Bah
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The President Ernest Bai Koroma appointed former Chief Justice Dr. Alhaji Abdulai Timbo as Fullah Tribal head in the Western Area.
SLPP Party stalwarts beat journalists in Bo
Patrick Jakema
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) National Conference in Bo has reportedly ended with the manhandling of about ten journalists by SLPP youths and security guards.
Freedom of Information Bill, goes to Cabinet
Abubakarr Bah
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Minister of Information and Communications has assured the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) that the Freedom of Information Bill will soon be discussed in Cabinet.
IMC Media Awards
Abubakarr Bah
Monday, 01 March 2010
The Chairperson of the Independent Media Commission [IMC] has disclosed in Freetown that the electronic media ‘behaved more responsibly than the print media’.


 

CTN in International news
Friday, 12 February 2010
Sierra Leone stands to benefit the highest from the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Corporation. Dr. Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary General made the statement while addressing journalists during his recent visit to Sierra Leone.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United States has signed a fifteen million United States Dollars agreement with the World Bank on behalf of the government at the country’s Washington Mission.
Monday, 05 October 2009
The European Commission has banned a total of seven airlines registered in Sierra Leone from flying in European airspace.
Monday, 29 June 2009
"Listening Post" on media issues in Sierra Leone
Monday, 29 June 2009
"Listening Post" featuring CTN
Article in the Magazine of the Association for International Broadcasting
Monday, 15 June 2009
Article by Morand Fachot, pages 52-53: "Fondation Hirondelle has had a remarkable impact on millions of people living in zones of conflict or post-conflict situations, fostering democracy as well as understanding and dialogue between people often divided by prejudice and hatred. One can only hope that international donors, who have so far underwritten its operations at a modest cost, will continue to share the same commitment."

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Friday, 26 February 2010
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair paid a one day visit to Sierra Leone.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
President Ernest Koroma has invoked the Military Aid to Civil Power (MAC-P) protocol for the conduct of the bye-election in the Lugbu Ward, Bo district, scheduled for Thursday Twenty-fifth February.
Monday, 22 February 2010
President Ernest Bai Koroma has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of Ibrahim Mohsen, a Lebanese businessman.
Friday, 03 July 2009
A two-day community reconciliation ceremony has been held in Tar-wei village, Mandu Chiefdom in the Kailahun District.

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