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March 2011

Desks of the Sierra Express have it that an APC Councilor, the Vice President and Sierra Leone’s First Lady are in a serious quarrel.  (Photo:  First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma) Diana Konomanyi, who until recently was

An applicant who scored the highest marks during the police in-take examinations has been arrested for ‘entering the police force by means of fraud.’ Abu Bakarr Bangura, a former pupil of the Ahmadiya Secondary School came

Police officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Congo Cross are at present investigating four persons suspected of murdering an unidentified person at the Lumley/Aberdeen Beach area. Moses Sesay, Alice Momoh and two others

Following concerns for the establishment of a Freedom of Information Act, the bill has reached its final stage will be passed to law this week. The Minister of information and Communication, Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, at the

Little did anyone predict that a suicidal act by a greengrocer in little town in Tunisia, would set alight the current political wildfires that hasvegripped the Middle Eastern part of the world. His act may

Nigeria will play Ethiopia in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Abuja instead of Lagos on 26 March. (Photo:  Nigeria's Super Eagles) The Nigerian Football Federation says the Group B game will be staged

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has "indefinitely postponed" the African U20 championship, which had been scheduled to take place in Libya. The move has been taken because of what Caf called "security concerns and the

I do not know who Mr. Osman Boie is, as a matter of fact, I know a friend who is a strong advocate of Mr. 0sman, who is trying to influence my vote for him.

Colonel Muamarr Ghadaffi (in photo) who usurped power forty two years ago from his uncle in a palace coup d’état, is the longest unconstitutional dictator among African and Arab leaders. His defiance to the call

‘Fantastic’ is how many soccer pundits describe the Sierra Leonean international, Ibrahim Tetteh Bangura’s debut goal against Orebro; however his goal was not enough to save his AIK side face their first defeat in their

The technical sub-committee set up by the President Ernest Bai Koroma on 23rd February 2011 to examine the causative factors for the escalation of prices of essential commodities yesterday presented its report to the President

The eastern regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has taken the crusade against corruption to schools in Kenema. (Photo: addressing Holy Rosary Secondary School, Kenema) The campaign which is the first to be mounted in Kenema

Sierra Leonean photographer, Rebecca Kamara has been invited to the photographic exhibition ’42’ at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, UK ahead of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011. A photographic

CEO Karl Smithson: "Stellar is focused on unlocking the potential of its kimberlite portfolio, which includes some of the highest grade and highest value per ton of ore projects globally." Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) will look to

In May 2010 or thereabout, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma inaugurated a presidential task force known as the 50th Independence Anniversary Planning Committee with Dr. William Konteh as Chairman. The President had invested so much