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May 2012

The Sierra Sports and Cultural Club, a group of young and dynamic Sierra Leoneans in Germany will be participating in this year’s carnival of cultures, (Karneval der Kulturen) to promote Sierra Leone’s cultural heritage in

Freetown, Wednesday 23 May (SLENA) - The Parliamentary Assistant Coordination Office (PACO) supported by UNDP has concluded a capacity building working session for parliamentarians, chairperson and clerks of committees in the house of parliament in

Bo, Wednesday May 23 (SLENA)- A UK based shoe factory, Tom Shoe Industry has provided a consignment of shoes for the deprived, excluded and vulnerable children (DEV) in Sierra Leone. According to SLENA, the good in

Members of the disabled community in Sierra Leone have always cried for their inclusion in state run management even though their education requirement threshold is minimal. The situation is that many affected disabled persons were

A swathe of questions has surfaced on the KPMG audit report which established that the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) has been practicing unhealthy financial management. The corporation which now operates as a national public broadcaster

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Abubakarr Multi-Kamara has called on Sierra Leonean students studying in China to “see the bigger picture in terms of what is happening today in

Bike riders in Freetown, at Up-gun turn table to be precise, have said the police are harassing them too much almost on a daily basis. Speaking to Chairman of bike riders in that part of Freetown,

Patrick Dangawalie, chairman of Sierra Leone Overseas Social and Soccer Association (SLOSSA) based in the United States of America informed Sierra Express Media that his body has arranged to play two international friendly matches against

Fans of Mighty Blackpool FC have returned to their traditional 'stand 17' at the National Stadium main bowl in Freetown. The fans expressed their happy mood as they said they are always happy and comfortable at

The National Olympics Committee (NOC) in collaboration with the Sports Writers Association in Sierra Leone (SWASAL) are holding a two days workshop at the National  Stadium Hostel in Freetown to strengthen sports journalists on how

Traders in Freetown are crying for the government to put mechanisms in place that will stir the price hiking menace in the country. In an exclusive interview with some of the traders at Sani Abacha Street

President of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, (SLAJ), Alhaji Umaru Fofana yesterday admonished journalists to take caution with the media code of practice as the rend of reckless journalism is misrepresenting the image of Sierra

Disabled persons in the Northern town of Lunsar converged to give a rising welcome to the Executive Director of Disable International Foundation –Sierra Leone, I’mambay Kadie Kamara. Madam Imambay Kadie Kamara made a visit to the

President Koroma to Dine with 100 Children - The National President of Kids Advocacy Network, Mr. Alim B. Fornah on Monday 21st May in a press briefing organized by their network at the National Youth

In keeping with its mandate to help bridge the digital divide, once again The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation www.cto.int has organised the 7th Annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum 2012, confirmed to be held from the