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October 2011

Teachers all over the world past Wednesday 5th October, 2011 observed World Teachers Day.  In Sierra Leone, the day is observed on a low key with mixed feelings with the issue of the recent package

Saturday's decisive Group G match between South Africa and Sierra Leone will be played at the World Cup venue of Nelspruit. Mohammed Bangura believes third-placed Sierra Leone can upset Group G by reaching the 2012 Africa

Hospitals have been struggling to cope with the wounded from Tuesday's blast Somalia - Failed State Thirty six of the most severely wounded people in Tuesday's suicide attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, are being flown to Turkey

World and business leaders have been paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev said Mr Jobs

EVANSTON, Ill. (Oct. 5, 2011) — A new strategic partnership between Rotary International (http://www.rotary.org) and the global charity Mercy Ships (http://www.mercyships.org) will improve the delivery of vital health care services throughout West Africa. Through the partnership,

Freetown, 4th October, 2011- The Ministry of Information and Communications wishes to inform the general public that Sierra Leone’s share of the 17,000 KM Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) fibre optic link will arrive in

We have always maintained that the year 2012 will remain a signpost in our march toward sustainable peace and development. Many seem to think 2012 as the end post for the survival of this nation called

The Attitudinal and Behavioral Change Secretariat (ABC) under directorship Dr. Ivan Agibola Thomas has been scoring impressive and worth rating goals as they strive to fulfill President Koroma’s goal: “Agenda for Change.”  (Photo: Nanette Thomas,

In a bid to complementing efforts of Government in the prevention of maternal and mortality rate in the country, Planned Parenthood Association Sierra Leone (PPASL) Friday 30th September launched its Maternal Unit. The unit will nonetheless

Alusine Baggio Kamara, a young sensational Sierra Leonean midfielder. who plays for Swedish Allvasanka Top tier side Syrianska has revealed to Sierra Express Media that it came as a surprise when the news broke out

Researchers of the Southern Christian College Community Education Research and Extension Administration based in the Philippines are currently on a working visit in Sierra Leone to enable them gain experiences country’s post war era; taking

Following Sierra Express Media’s front page publication of Monday 2nd with headline as “WAEC Examination Malpractices Exposed,” sources at the West Africa Examination Council have revealed that senior officials of WAEC have had restless moments

Some 88 executive members of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in the northern region are threatening mass resignation from the party following growing frustration on what seems to be a snail pace in

As the hike in prices of basic commodities casts persistent prevalence in this creeping economy, the monthly consumer price index continues to soar. In a release published by Statistics Sierra Leone Tuesday 4th, the Nation monthly

The application for medical meeting requested by lawyer defending the Manager of Aces Night club, Abioseh Gilffin and seven others was on the 3rd rejected by Magistrate Roland Kamara of Court No7. The application was made