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March 2011

Amnesty International has today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber in Libya and warned of a campaign of attacks and harassment on journalists. "It appears that the Al Jazeera team was

Regional Campaign & Manifesto Launch - All journalists especially SLAJ members and other strategic media stakeholders in the four regions of Sierra Leone, including the Independent Media Commission (IMC), are cordially invited to my Campaign

Ibrahim Marcel Koroma with Swedish Allsvenkan side, Trelleborg was in Turkey rounding up their pre-season. Reports reaching Sierra Express Media indicate that the Sierra Leonean defender was in great form ahead of the Sierra Leone

President Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown to launch the West African Re-insurance Corporation in Lagos, Nigeria. The visit on the invitation of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) coincides with the three-day WAICA Education

President Ernest Bai Koroma over the weekend, as Chancellor of Njala University attends this year’s Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees and Award of Diplomas, Certificates and Other Distinctions at Njala University in Njala in

The Anti-Corruption Commission has on Thursday 10th March 2011 held a sensitization meeting with the people of Baoma Chiefdom in the Bo District. The meeting which took place at the Art and Craft Centre in

Up to this day it has not been made clear the reason for the closure of shops and markets places in Freetown on Thursday last week.  (Photo: School children from the east and west end

AIK’s head coach Nebojsa Novakovic has been furious about reports that his side rely on Sierra Leonean striker Mohamed Bangura if they are to regain the form that saw the Stockholm club won the Allsvenkan

Speech by His Excellency Mr. Adikalie Foday Sumah, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on the occasion of the presentation of his letters of credence to

Soldiers say of disapproval ‘Indict Defence Ministry officials of overindulging into unwholesome conduct in the deduction of monies set aside as allowance for United Nations peacekeepers.’ It has reached this press that soldiers on peace mission

Oh my God, hardship has overtaken homes of the poor and rich!  Just recently, the price of a cup of rice has gone to Le 1,200.  Be it known that a bag of rice (fen

Airtel SL, NATCOM, London Mining (SL) Limited and Sierra Leone Commercial Bank are teaming up with the Playhouse Foundation, a registered charity in Sierra Leone and Houston, Texas and Digital Links, an E-Learning NGO based

Kissy youths Thursday arrested and dragged to Kissy Police, a night hustler, for attacking two Lebanese investors. Abdulai Kanu, who finds rest in Kissy Police cells, last week attacked Hassaneina Hajten and Halmanne Abdulai at a

Soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces fell into the nets of the police for stealing a pistol owned by a Guinean police officer. Ibrahim Sorie and Musa Kamara who are now helping the

According to the Egyptian Football Association two rounds of the country domestic league to resume behind closed doors, Chairman Samir Zaher has said, and if this report is anything to go by the Egyptian domestic