a
Your trusted place for Sierra Leone and global news
Home2012 (Page 121)

July 2012

Members of the Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union (SLITHU) established their presence in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, over the weekend as they officially launched the union in that part of the country.  (Photo: SLITHU president, Alhaji

Aspiring candidate for the Freetown Mayorship under the political umbrella of the All People’s Congress Party (APC), Pastor Bankole Gibson, has over the weekend paid a courtesy call to the Kissy community expressing his desire

The Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) has organized a national dialogue conference at Hotel Barmoi Aberdeen in Freetown to address the issue of hate speech and its chaotic recipes during the elections and electioneering processes

The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr. Soccoh Kabia (in photo) has told Sierra Expres Media in an interview that pirates are robbing the country a wholesome amounts of revenue through their illegal fishing

Speaking during the arbitration ceremony of Airtel Rising Stars at the National Stadium in Freetown, over the weekend, head of media hype in charge of the tournament, John Zonnevelo said the arbitration is done to

Elements of bad journalism are those with the tendency to smear people’s characters. Many decent people have suffered its brunt which has spanned from hate speech to its simple diction of defamation. Some schools of thoughts

One of the favorite underdogs in the ongoing Hon. Dauda Tombo Bangura League Trophy, My Area FC has progressed through to the quarter finals ahead of Farmer Lane and Crab Tong FC who still need

Musa Kallon, elder brother of Leone Stars former skipper, Mohamed Kallon has been appointed as Technical Director of First Division side, Sheffield United FC. His unveiling ceremony took place at the Aberdeen playing field last

He beats one in the track lane, now he doubles, it seems a new world record is about to be set here as the world record marathon’s fastest sprinter, Usain Bolt has been outmatched. Yes,

We are often affected by the rude experience of power cuts often done by the service provider, National Power Authority. They often do so with impunity irrespective of the fact they know they are selling

The Minister of Defence Retired Major Palo Conteh has promoted Brigadier General Samuel O. Williams (in photo) to Major General and appointed him as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Republic of

As I approached the Dulles International Airport gate for my flight to Brussels (where I would transit for another flight to Sierra Leone), I was stunned that all the seats were taken.  (Photo: Johns Hopkins Safe

The turning of the sod for the construction of a hand pump water-well estimated at millions of Leones was done last Friday by popular philanthropist and businessman Dr. Addonis A M Abboud at the Calaba

Libya, Tripoli, 2nd July 2012 - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Jean Ping, is deploying an election observation mission to Libya to observe the General National Congress Elections scheduled to be

Barely a week after the release of the music video ‘Na Lie’ music video newcomer Rhage, Nasser Ayoub (in photo) has again released another song which he titled: ‘Tranga Hace Borbor’. According to Ayoub ‘Tranga Hace