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March 2012

A group of former and current Sierra Leonean Track and Field athletes have come together to form a national sports development organization to aid the national sports apparatus of Sierra Leone in elevating standards and

The incidence of the compound diagnosis Typhoid-Malaria has recently become a worrying issue for public health practitioners in Sierra Leone. The diagnosis of typhoid-malaria is done at all levels of the healthcare delivery points including

African Minerals Limited (“AML” or “the Company”) and Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd (“SISG”) complete $1.5Bn investment transaction Highlights Following receipt of all PRC approvals, SISG has now completed its $1.5bn acquisition of a 25%

KIGALI, Rwanda, March 30, 2012/ - Committed to adding value to the economy and community: 83 days to build network from start – fastest Greenfield launch in history of Sub-Saharan Africa To invest USD 100 million over

From meteorological applications to monitoring of environment and security: - 29 march 2012- Today, a Financing Agreement was signed between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission to facilitate sustainable access to Africa-wide

Opponents of Mali’s new leadership have been attacked and injured during a peaceful protest on Thursday, prompting Amnesty International to urge an investigation into the incident. The news comes in the wake of a military coup

Paul A.S Minah, Head of Chancery, Sierra Leone Embassy in the People’s Republic of China has spoken, that the role of South Africa, in the development of the African continent is as great and outstanding

In this interview Pastor Gibson (in photo) spoke to N’gardi Lahai of Sierra Express Media on his intentions to contest for the Freetown City Council’s hot seat job. Read through this revealing interview. Pastor Gibson, you

President of the Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union (SLITHU), Alhaji Dr. Sulaiman Kabba (in photo), is currently working to expand a work task that his union has undertaken in recent times. The task of weeding

The All People’s Congress North America Branch’s 21-man delegation has fed the people of constituencies 104 and 112 in the Fourah Bay community and Lumley areas respectively. The National Chairman of the North American Branch

The Deputy Director of Western area inspectorate under the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Mr. Allie Henry B. Kargbo, has told Sierra Express Media that school inspections are underway in the Western Area. He said

Readers should begin to understand that democracy goes with a responsible citizen life or like our brothers are saying – patriotism. Politics time is here. We think we deserve the right to ask our leaders

Energy Minister reveals future of water resources in Salone - The Minister of Energy and Water Resource (MEWR) in collaboration with Wash–net Sierra Leone recently commemorated World Water Day in Freetown. Oluniyi Robbin-Coker spoke of the

Baw Baw FC, one of the underdogs in the ongoing Fred Claye competition has reached the grand final after defeating Tolo FC 4-3 on penalty kicks.  At half time it was 2-1 in favour of

The Sierra Leone U-20 National Team, the Shooting Stars commenced training on Monday at the Football Academy Kingtom in Freetown ahead of their encounter with Chad on April 21st  in a two-legged knock out competition. The