Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina – an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the orphanage where she ended up during Sierra Leone's
The four years mandate of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) will come to an end on Thursday July 19. President of the FA Nahim Khadi (in photo) is currently in Freetown after spending the whole
Sierra Express Media here welcomes the holy month of fasting - Ramadan - as it is called in Arabic. It comes with mixed ideologies in terms of observing its rites. Islam prescribes serenity and pious
Freetown, July 18 (SLENA): FAKS, a humanitarian relief organization founded in 2009 and headed by Mr. Donald Thompson has resumed humanitarian gesture to vulnerable communities in the country. The latest being the provision of medical equipment
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, July 18, 2012/ -- Airtel Burkina Faso (http://www.airtel.com), the largest mobile company in the country, has launched its mobile money platform named Airtel Money, or m-ligdi, in partnership with Ecobank. The platform allows
Ghana’s economic surge has come with its service delivery challenges. With socio-economic inequality widening and much of the population rural bound, the delivery of goods and services still remain a daunting task. Of recent times,
The Global Youth Anti-Corruption Network Sierra Leone (GYAC) has officially launched “My hands are clean campaign” last Wednesday at the National Youth Commission’s (NYC) conference hall at the National Stadium in Freetown. Speaking during the launch,
Freetown, July 18 (SLENA): The leadership of House of Parliament on Monday 16thJuly, 2012 visited the residence of the late deputy speaker, Hon Chukuma Johnson at Regent Road Lumley, west end of Freetown. Speaking on behalf
Magburuka, July 18 (SLENA): A Vocational graduate from the United States who recently returned home to contest the Parliamentary election in Constituency 59 in the Tonkolili District has donated 30 cartons of assorted medical items
Ex-Team Manager and chairman of Old Edwardians FC, Dr. Foday Bangura popularly known as “Dr. Bangso has told Sierra Express Sports that God has destined Rodney Michael (in photo) to win the August Presidential elections
Sierra Leone’s Foreign and Finance Ministers have arrived in Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China, with two other senior officials, one from each ministry to attend this year’s Ministerial Conference on China-Africa Cooperation, being the
Mile 91, July 18 (SLENA): As the National Electoral Commission at Yoni and Mile 91 in particular conducts its final round of exhibition of Voter I.D. Cards, many citizens have expressed their frustration at the
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission’s Management Plan will be available for Public Review and Comment from July 18 to August 17, 2012. Management Plan copies can be viewed electronically at libraries throughout the
TUNIS, Tunisia, July 17, 2012/ -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) has approved recently a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its
Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad are anxiously waiting to cast their ballots and elect the next president. In general, the November 17 elections are speculated to be peaceful and violent free as a result
