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July 2012

The John Monrovia community-gala which commenced on Sunday, July 22nd at the Juba Barracks playing field will feature twelve community teams within Ward 394, namely All Stars Utd (1), Western Rangers, Young Stars, Augusta, Manchester

Pujehun, July 25 (SLENA): The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Food Security has commended the operations of Socfin Agricultural Company at Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District.  (Photo: Socfin’s Country Manager and members of parliament ) The

Freetown, July 25 (SLENA) – Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Tamba Borbor Sawyer has made an unannounced visit to the Cholera Emergency Preparedness Centres in four Government Health Facilities in Freetown to assess

Freetown, July 25 (SLENA) – Olivier Asselin, a Photo-Journalist from the Sabin Vaccine Institute/Sustainable Immunization Financing (SVI/SIF) has concluded a week-long visit to Sierra Leone to inspect and take photos of the Institute funded activities

The Gender Equitable for Local Development (GELD) in partnership with Community Empowerment and Development Agency (CEDA) has commence a female entrepreneur skills building at the national pastoral center in Kenema. In her chairperson opening remarks, the

Sierra Leone captain Ibrahim Kargbo and USA-based striker Kei Kamara have been banned from international duty indefinitely. The decision to suspend the two players was jointly taken by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and the

The Head of Complaints, Disciplinary and Internal Investigation Department (CDIID) at Sierra Leone Police (SLP) chief superintendent William Fayia Sellu (photo) said the two SLP officers who were flown back from international duties in Darfur

“Abortion is a leading cause of death for young women between the ages of 15-24 years in Sierra Leone”. Val Tucker of IPAS made this statement at a ceremony organized at their Edward Street office,

A young Sierra Leonean with a desire to help his country, an outstanding human rights activist whose endeavours led to  the establishment of a global network for  children in crises, an individual with a quest

The Vice President of Sierra Leone is currently a subject of controversy, following strings of publications negating his business life.  If one is to draw a final analysis on his image by now, he surely

Virtually every government that had ascended the ruling basket of this country has used electricity as a campaign tool to hijack the valuable votes of the masses. God help them!  The so much biting and

The Executive Director of Health for all Coalition, Charles Mambu has told Sierra Express Media that his organization is going to be hosting a national family summit in Freetown. Speaking on this Charles Mambu (in photo)

Wide ranges of definition have been given for political tolerance, for this piece we are limiting ourselves to; Political tolerance means accepting and respecting the basic rights and civil liberties of persons whose viewpoint differ

A man in military fatigues of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces is under investigation at the Criminal Investigations Department in Freetown for impersonation. The man is said to have been arrested in Makeni by one Captain

Sierra Leone’s Finance and Economic Development Minister, Dr Samura Mathew Kamara (in photo) has spoken that given the way Sierra Leoneans have been responding to the change taking place in the country, he is optimistic