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July 2011

I don’t believe that Mohamed (One Drop) Sankoh reads all the newspapers or whether his reading of political commentaries is not selective. It may be that he reads them but prefers not to take notice

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), and Health for All Coalition (HFAC) has organized a two days training of HFAC monitors on Thursday 14th & Friday 15th July 2011 at the One World Link Multi-purpose Hall in

UK Minister for International Development, Stephen O’Brien MP (in photo), is visiting Sierra Leone today (Tuesday 19th July 2011), in his second visit to Sierra Leone as a minister of the United Kingdom Coalition Government. Mr

When Nigeria started its campaign for an access to information law, it was not an easy task especially during the days of former President Olusegn Obasanjo, a former military General. He had his own misgivings

Addressing pressmen Thursday 14 at his Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) HQ office at Kissy Road, Board Chairman Prof. Harry Turay (in photo) disclosed that the Authority has exceeded its 85% contribution to the

Outlaw copper sales to save NPA cables!  All over the historic city of Freetown one can now see little boys and young adults going all over the place looking for copper which they sell to

Never in recent times has this country witnessed outright inferences in student politics by the central authority than this period when students’ union elections on campuses have always turned out to be very violent with

It has reached Sierra Express Media that there is a split among senior management officers at the National Revenue Authority (NRA).  (Photo: NRA Finance Director Abdulai Conteh) Reports have it that NRA’s Finance Director is at

The quest to connect everyone in Sierra Leone to the only reliable network is indeed a dream come true. On his first visit to Sierra Leone almost a year ago, Manoj Kohli Africa’s CEO made

The former Medical Director at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Christian Borbor Max-Kanga and his wife are due to appear in the High Court for trial. The accused were before Magistrate Willington of Court No2

One of five accused persons brought before the Special Court for contempt pleaded guilty to charges against him. Samuel Kargbo aka ‘Sammy Ragga’ a former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) member Friday 15th pleaded guilty to

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday 14th July 2011 continued their sensitization exercise by engaging workers of the Bo/Kenema Power Services (BKPS) office in Kenema.  (Photo: Staff of BKPS in Kenema) The meeting which was chaired by

Five years ago Kofi Annan launched his ambitious ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’ project to alleviate or end endemic hunger on the continent. It appeared in a context of erratic rainfall, severe droughts,

Mohamed Bangura will miss out on AIK’s away tie against Gefle today Sunday due to a foot injury he sustained in their last league encounter against Halmstad were he accounted for two assists. Bangura was taken

Sierra Leonean defender David Simbo in photo who plays for Sweden’s Division 1 team Motala AIF has been under the radar by several Swedish Allsvenskan league top sides.  Reports reaching Sierra Express Sport desk UK