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August 2011

The first review mission for the West Africa Regional Fisheries Programme has arrived in Sierra Leone over the weekend and yesterday, August 1st, commenced work by paying courtesy calls to the Minister of Fisheries and

The long awaited SLPP elective convention is now history. The outcome of the convention, which many of their supporters had predicted will unite their party as ever before to face the incumbent President Ernest Bai

Two of the key players who brought untold sufferings to the people of Sierra Leone have taken the leadership of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) ahead of the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.  Julius Maada

Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio took Presidential leadership of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) at exactly 5:50 am (Sierra Leone time) August 1st, 2011. He scored 238 votes as against Usman Boie Kamara who came

It was a black day for management and board members of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC) Friday 29th when workers downed tools in protest of what they called ‘unfair recruitment,’ ‘late payment of salaries’

Affected crop owners of Koidu Holding’s Kimberlite mining project have signed a compensation agreement with Koidu Holdings at a ceremony held in Kono Thursday 28th. In his statement, the Director of Mines, Jonathan Sheka, who also

Sereni Tech Sierra Leone Limited and Nirosoft Industry Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Sunday 30th introduced the first water plant treatment in Sierra Leone at a ceremony held at

Our attention has been drawn to several publications by the Standard Times Newspaper alleging that the President of Ghana Link Network Services Limited, Mr. Nick Danso is a drug dealer and uses drug money to

African Minerals Limited (AML) has finally sealed the long awaited $1.5 billion agreements with its Chinese counterpart, Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (SISG), validating the scale, scope and accelerating the development of Phase

Addis Ababa – 29 July 2011 – To mark the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s and the International Day in honour of Nelson celebrated in Africa and observed worldwide on 18 July 2011, the Department of

The MINK brand is synonymous with high quality make-up services for women of colour. As the UKs leading makeup authority for women of colour is comes as no surprise that the company were recently chosen

Nairobi, 27 July 2011 – Experts on infrastructure and market access urged research organizations including the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) among others, to engage in evidence-based infrastructure and trade-related market access research

Twenty year old Kamokoh, a resident of Kambia Road in the PortLoko District committed suicide owing to provocation by friends that he is impotent. Kamokoh, it is revealed, was not born impotent, but at age 10

Brigadier General (Ret.) Julius Maada Bio has won the SLPP flagbearership with 238 votes, seconded by Usman Boie Kamara with 186 votes - more details to follow as they unfold. Stay with Sierra Express Media, for