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September 2010

African Minerals SL Ltd. (AML) Freetown, September 4, 2010 – African Minerals is pleased to announce that the first set of train engines, the locomotive with a capacity to pull over 20 loaded ballast wagons

The recent dreadful mudslides of August 8th and 18th 2010 that claimed so many lives and destroyed properties in Freetown is enough evidence that the environment is in a terrible mess. The government is now

Some pro APC propagandists appear not to really understand some of the issues about which they write, sometimes spreading their confused logic over several pages of their newspapers. How often have I reminded them of

Sierra Leonean residents in Spain have rejoiced over the appointment of Ahmed Jalloh as the country’s Consul accredited to Spain. The jubilation which was climaxed by intense dancing and drumming came about

In 2007, during the last few months of the Presidential Elections campaign, then APC Opposition Leader, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma, attended the Abuja inauguration ceremony of the then newly-elected President Musa Yar’Ardua of Nigeria.  Among

Brussels, Belgium: What do a young fruit juice produce company in Uganda and a cashew nut cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire have in common? They are both past winners of the Project Incubator Award, an initiative

Dr. John Karefa-Smart. He led the delegation to Lancaster House in London which brought us Independence in 1961. Later, under the prime ministership of Sir Milton Margai, he was appointed Minister of Lands, Mines and Labour.

The editorial desk of Sierra Express Media has received cogent information of the readiness of the police to bring to book the Deputy Minister of Health, who was recently accused of assaulting a Naval Military

Over fifty soldiers visited our office yesterday to register their displeasure over the sudden dismissal of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Alfred Claude Nelson-Williams by HE, the President, Ernest Bai Koroma. According to the disgruntled

Two British nationals who happened to be ex-service personnel, Mick O’ Connor and Mike King who have been in Sierra Leone for some time now with dubious business intentions which turned out to be a

Unlike others, political histories have it that the incumbent APC Government is more than capable to take firm decision with regards to national issues, a silver hair political pundit opined. During the last Presidential and parliamentary

Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour (in photo), who owns a major media group in Dakar, has launched his private television station after a two-year struggle with the authorities over its finance. TFM (Television Futurs Medias) is a

Sierra Leonean born, Natasha Amanita Samura this weekend braves the arts by staging drama presentations in several entertainment centers along the tourism zone at the Lumley Beach including DIVA Night Club in the east of

Zain today announces a further ‘slash’ of tariff to 9 units per minute for on-net calls (Zain to Zain) and 12 units per minute for off-net calls (Zain to other networks), all day. This has

The family of the late Reverend Abiola Henry Crispin Bernard would like the public to mark their calendars, and take part in a memorial service, to be held at 10 am on September 12th at