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February 2010

President Ernest Bai Koroma has on Tuesday 9th February 2010 hailed the large-scale agricultural investment of the Swiss-based Energy Corporation, Addax & Oryx Holdings BV and its Sierra Leone subsidiary Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone Limited

The Kenema District Amputees and War Wounded Association held their final chairmanship election at the district headquarter city of Kenema early this year. When Sierra Express Media met with Mohamed Kallon, the newly elected chairman

Employment is when we get people to work and engage their minds in doing useful things. As the youth population in the country forms the bulk of the Sierra Leonean society, it is good that

A deliberation on academia in Sierra Leone is incomplete without mentioning the name of the great academic province of St. Edwards Secondary school. Situated at May Park grounds Kingtom, this school has been a trail

Much continues to be written about President Koroma’s just concluded visit to Kailahun district; I shall come back to that in a moment, Our critics often insult us, verbally abuse us, describe us as senile,

One of Sierra Leone’s leading youth groups has called for the establishment of a special office” in the Sierra Leone High Commission in UK, to coordinate Diaspora youths’ affairs. (Photo: Unisa Dizo-Conteh, YLSL President) Speaking at

“Actions Speak Louder Than Words” – If the saying is correct, well let’s reflect our minds and souls on the events that took place at the APC-NA Ohio Convention.  In the last few weeks, political

Members of the Domestic and Expatriates Nationals Investment- Sierra Leone (DENI-SL) Steering Committee wish to draw the attention of Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad about certain inaccurate statements that a few individuals have circulated

President Ernest Bai Koroma returned to Freetown Sunday evening after a historic first visit to Kailahun District since he became Head of State in 2007. Below are snippets of reports not necessarily in chronological order…….. Liberian

Those who follow this column regularly may recall that there are a few things about which I like to boast without any attempt at false modesty. The first is that I like to describe it

Kailahun is a politically strategic area that is always needed by the powers-that-be, no need denying this point. One may not be happy that at one point, political tolerance was not in Kailahun; a case

It seems, if not obvious that our justice system is partial and selective in the dispensation of proper justice to the people of Sierra Leone. It could be vividly remembered by Sierra Leoneans that when

News leaking from the country’s Anti Corruption Office reveals that top officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, as well as the Minister of State, representing the office of the Vice President were called

Sierra Leone’s foremost agency for the protection of the public health of the nation-Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) Sierra Express has learnt has met swift reforms to ensuring among other things that it works

As the leadership race for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) gains momentum, a very young and dynamic member, Reverend Joseph Gaima Lukulay Moiba is reported to have entered the race. According to some SLPP members,