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August 2011

It was a black day for management and board members of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC) Friday 29th when workers downed tools in protest of what they called ‘unfair recruitment,’ ‘late payment of salaries’

Affected crop owners of Koidu Holding’s Kimberlite mining project have signed a compensation agreement with Koidu Holdings at a ceremony held in Kono Thursday 28th. In his statement, the Director of Mines, Jonathan Sheka, who also

Sereni Tech Sierra Leone Limited and Nirosoft Industry Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Sunday 30th introduced the first water plant treatment in Sierra Leone at a ceremony held at

Our attention has been drawn to several publications by the Standard Times Newspaper alleging that the President of Ghana Link Network Services Limited, Mr. Nick Danso is a drug dealer and uses drug money to

African Minerals Limited (AML) has finally sealed the long awaited $1.5 billion agreements with its Chinese counterpart, Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (SISG), validating the scale, scope and accelerating the development of Phase

Addis Ababa – 29 July 2011 – To mark the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s and the International Day in honour of Nelson celebrated in Africa and observed worldwide on 18 July 2011, the Department of

The MINK brand is synonymous with high quality make-up services for women of colour. As the UKs leading makeup authority for women of colour is comes as no surprise that the company were recently chosen

Nairobi, 27 July 2011 – Experts on infrastructure and market access urged research organizations including the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) among others, to engage in evidence-based infrastructure and trade-related market access research

Twenty year old Kamokoh, a resident of Kambia Road in the PortLoko District committed suicide owing to provocation by friends that he is impotent. Kamokoh, it is revealed, was not born impotent, but at age 10

Brigadier General (Ret.) Julius Maada Bio has won the SLPP flagbearership with 238 votes, seconded by Usman Boie Kamara with 186 votes - more details to follow as they unfold. Stay with Sierra Express Media, for

The recent statement by the president, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma at the opening of the NEC headquarters building- that elections are not a matter of life and death, but a healthy competition- may signal reassurance

Ghana and Ivory Coast were given tough tasks when the draw for the 2014 World Cup was made in Rio on Saturday.   (Photo: Five African teams will compete at the 2014 World Cup finals ) Ghana,

The holy month of ‘Ramadan’ will begin Monday, August 1st, 2011, announced the Royal Court in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, quoting the Supreme Court last night. The authorities said the new moon had not been

The African Union has announced it is to hold a summit meeting to pledge help for the victims of Somalia's drought. (Photo: Twelve million are at risk of starvation as the drought and famine intensifies

Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission visits Mogadishu to highlight plight of suffering and announces plan for an international donors conference for Somalia Mogadishu, July 29th, 2011; The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission