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May 2012

African Minerals Ltd (the "Company" or "AML") confirms that, following receipt of relevant regulatory approvals, China Railway Materials Company Limited  ("CRM") has completed its subscription for $50m of the Company's 8.5% convertible bonds due 2017

Charles Taylor: "Witnesses were paid, coerced and in many case threatened with prosecution, if they did not co-operate" Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes

Freetown, Sierra Leone, May 16th 2012  Airtel Sierra Leone today announced the details of the second round of Africa’s largest youth football initiative – the Airtel Rising Stars soccer talent programme that aims to focus

Sierra Leone Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, H E Jongopie S. Stevens has continued to make President Koroma’s vision to transform the lives of the people a reality.  The career diplomat is not

The Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) North, has pleaded with drivers plying the routes in the Northern Region to reject any corrupt demands from public officers in the traffic sector, as it is

UNDP Report says Food security must be at centre of continent’s development agenda Nairobi, Kenya, 15 May 2012—Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of

The Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police, Francis Alieu Munu has in a telephone interview told Sierra Express Media that he ordered the arrest and subsequent detention of a military man who came to

In reference to the ‘Bob Marley’s Night’ incident at Brookfields on May 11th, where the event was marred with riotous conduct, and the robbery and banditry orchestrated by IB’s clique, One Blood, many will attest

Ex-Manchester United legendary footballer, Dwight Yorke jets into Sierra Leone today on board a special Kiwi International Flight. The much eagerly awaited Airtel Rising Stars football competition will finally be held tomorrow, on Wednesday May

The Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) chief witness in the Aljazeera timber documentary trial, Sorious Samura, brandished Sierra Leone on the airwaves of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) last week (Thursday) at around 2:30 a.m. calling

The Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mr. Momodu Kargbo launched the first 'Citizen Budget,' a simplified version of the 2012 National Nudget on Thursday May 10 at the Miatta Conference Centre, Freetown. Speaking during

Leone Stars Coach, Lars Olof Mattson has invited 16 foreign based players ahead of the Iraq, Jordan International friendly matches scheduled to be played  in Turkey on the 22nd and 26th of May, 2012. Coach for

Mack Pharmacy over the weekend donated an assortment of football items and medicines to Soccer Queens FC. On behalf of Mack Pharmacy, Team Manger of Real Mack FC, Mahmoud Mackie donated one set of jersies, one

As the rainy season begins, it is of importance to call on the attention of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to put measures in place to enhance the safety of passengers travelling by

Eighteen years old Amadu Tejan Mansaray of Wilberforce village was accused of allegedly raping his fifteen year old sister on Monday May 7. Explaining her ordeal to family members, the fifteen year old said she was