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June 2012

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Sheka Tarawallie early this week told media practitioners  that a key challenge facing the media in West Africa is lack of education and the capacity to manage security information

Interview with UN-Habitat’s Joan Clos (above in photo) - Africa’s cities are growing very rapidly. By 2050, 1.2 billion people, or 60 per cent of all Africans, will live in urban areas. For the United

Interview with Kumi Naidoo executive director of Greenpeace International (in photo) - In advance of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development — also known as “Rio+20” — we asked Mr. Kumi Naidoo, who

Stratospheric ozone depletion from eruption of large volcanoes in South America is likely, given their ability to release huge amounts of bromine –- an Ozone Depleting Substance, (ODS) -- into the atmosphere. This awareness recently

Koidu Holdings, a giant mining company in Sierra Leone, on Thursday June 14 issued cheques to a total of 25 University students in the country in a special ceremony hosted at Fourah Bay College’s Mary

Players of the National Team, Leone Stars have assured that the nation of victory in their game against Sao Tome and Principe on Saturday 16th June 2012 to be played at the National Stadium in

The priorities in every person’s life lead them to their various quests for success and whatever they do to make a living to achieve opulence. To achieve this in a country where the economy is

The unidentified corpse of a boy, believed to be 19 years old, was on Tuesday 12th June, 2012 discovered at Ferry Terminal. According to some passengers onboard Mahera Ferry travelling from Tagrin to Kissy, the corpse

The Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children Affairs Steven N’ Gaoija has said in Freetown that members of the disabled community have been included in the total number of 149 persons the government of

The Day of the African Child is celebrated every year on the Continent and around the world since 1991 when it was initiated by the Organization of African Unity - OAU (now African Union –

In my last article, I expressed dismay over detractors who are blind to see, if not loath to acknowledge, what the Ernest Koroma government has done while on the other hand, I specifically highlighted his

Since speculation has been going around about Sierra Leone to becoming an emerging and potential oil and gas producing country, the Honorary Consul General of Sierra Leone, Mr. Reginald Spiller (in photo) who is based

In paragraph 43 of President Koroma’s statement during the State Opening of Parliament in 2010, he spoke of the desire to reclaim Sierra Leone’s heritage of learning and excellence and “transform this country through the

The Rt. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio made this statement as he delivered his speech in a plenary session in this year’s prestigious International Economic Forum of the Americas in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday 12th June

President of the Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union, Alhaji Dr. Sulaiman Kabbah has told Sierra Express Media that the days of wicked powers are over.  (Photo: President Kabba responding to questions posed to him