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November 2011

Airtel is pleased to announce that the Rising Stars fresh from Manchester United Soccer Clinic in Tanzania, have been selected by the U17 national team.  Rashidatu Kamara and Mariatu Conteh have joined the U17 national

The Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr Christiana Thorpe has just announced the date for the much talked about, much anticipated elections in 2012 – November 17th. The announcement came amidst widespread speculation regarding

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Richard Konteh (in photo), told newsmen in Freetown that the coming Trade and Investment Forum in Freetown at the Miatta Conference Centre  will help portray the realities of

Mohamed Sesay, a driver residing at Collier Compound, Juba Hill, Friday 11th November, 2011 was denied bail and sent to the Pademba prison for a week by Magistrate J.O Wellington, a recently promoted high court

When the Idiot was told that the 2012 elections date has been announced, he was left speechless. But guess what!  The Idiot’s meditation was virtually not on the announced November 17th date, but on the ‘why

Rashidatu Kamara and Mariatu Conteh have just taken about a week since they returned from their dream trip to the Airtel/Manchester United football clinic in Dar es Salaam, but now they are on another football

In his first Town Hall meeting inLondon, organised by the Open Government Initiative (OGI), President Ernest Bai Koroma spoke convincingly of his "clearly defined road map” for the country's socioeconomic development.  But he fell short

“The war is over, go and enjoy life,” Sierra Leone’s former president, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, declared at a January 2002 symbolic burning of weapons and ammunition to mark the end of the country’s civil war.

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa.  Nomcebo Manzini the regional director for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands of the UN's recently created Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women —

The Morgantown community showed their support by coming out to the "Return to Bumpe" event at the Metropolitan Theatre Wednesday night.   (Photo: Pamela Donohoo performs at ‘Return to Bumpe’ Wednesday night at the Metropolitan Theatre.

Staff of The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday 8th October 2011 continued their sensitisation exercise by engaging students at Njala University, Njala Campus in the Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba District. This event was a follow up of

Flagbearer of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) yesterday made a dramatic announcement on the radio airwaves with regards the hotly debated running mate issue. Julius Maada Bio named Kadie Sesay, one of the

The Bo Magistrate Court Thursday 10th refused bail to twenty five students of Njala and Fourah Bay College Universities who answered to charges of conspiracy, unlawful assembly, and unlawful initiation. Musa Sumaila, Emmanuel May, Adel Fofanah,

Persons resident in Lungi yesterday revealed to our reporter that there is shortage of pipe borne water in the Lungi town and outskirts. They said they’ve been left without any option, but to rely on well

Earlier this week, Sierra Express Media reported the mystery around the missing cheque donated by an investor, Milestone Trading Limited, amounting to Le880 M for the construction of an ‘ultra modern’ market in the municipality