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November 2009

Sierra Leone business people are never free from the virus of greed and profiteering and as such the effect is usually like a contagion that spreads forth to even the smallest of business enterprises and

Rumor does not come by itself. It must have occurred somewhere and subsequently peddled by someone from one place to another. Thus for every rumour there must be some element of truth; the high spate

More than 3,000 irate youths are poised to rise against the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) Government for what they refer to as deliberately stifling overseas employment opportunity that has been opened to them which

Authentic report has reached Sierra Express Media that following the recently published results of both final and continuing students’ results; some students’ results have not been published by the University administration. Reason as to why

Democracy and justice are like Siamese twins, but in some parts of Sierra Leone it seems that these two indispensable concepts are not in existence. These two firm foundations are far removed from the people

When this medium was constantly reporting possible police involvement in the many armed robberies carried out in the country, we made enemies with the few of our police officers around, seeing our works as that

One problem that has always undermined the peace and stability as well as the socio-economic development of the country is that of youth unemployment which no government in all the life-long history of Sierra Leone

On 24th November 2009 Sierra Express Media had interviews with inmates in various areas in the City of Freetown about their detention condition. Ibrahim Conteh who said he was arrested at Cabala Town and has been

Salone Pilgrims Flu Free Reports reaching the Sierra Express Media say Sierra Leone pilgrims who went on pilgrimage to the Holy land of Mecca have passed medical tests and they are said to be free from

In a book, titled ‘African Media Review’, Volume 12, 2004, Chukuemeka Chikelu, one time Minister of Information in Nigeria attempted to look at communication and the culture of peace in Africa.  He tried to examine

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers on Saturday, 21st November 2009 in Abuja authorized the release of two million US dollars during the first quarter of 2010 for the commencement of the regional logistics project in

Some call her, the “Iron Lady” of Sierra Leone.  After Shirley Gbujama, she is Sierra Leone’s second woman to serve as Foreign and International Cooperation Minister. (Photo: Zainab Bangura, Alhaji Jalloh, Jeneh Kandeh) Honourable Zainab Hawa

Was it prearranged or was it as I would prefer to phrase it, a God-incidence? Whichever way the anonymous article in the Standard Times newspaper and that by Sorie Fofana of the Global Times newspaper,