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June 2012

June 20, 2012 - President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma (center in photo) declared open a three day telecommunications conference at the Miatta Conference Hall, Brookfields, Freetown. The conference

In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, African heads of state and ministers have been meeting on a consensus response. Africa’s priority areas are highlighted below.  (Photo: UN Secretary General, Ban

Both members of Parliament of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party, (SLPP) and the ruling All People’s Congress party (APC) united in the case between Momoh Konte vs. the State took place yesterday Wednesday 20th

The main opposition party, the Sierra Leone People;s Party (SLPP) has today called for the immediate establishment of an Independent Police Complaints Board to address the excesses and human rights abuses of the Sierra Leone

The Public Relations Officer at the Freetown City Council, Mr. Cyril Mattia has told Sierra Express Media  at his Wallace Johnson Street office in Freetown, that they have devised new methods to collect city dues

Sea Coach Express owned by Nigerian business magnate, Olusegun Dadanji is set to offer free optical medical treatments to residents of  Aberdeen, Murray Town on June 21 to 23 and at the Mahera Community on

Children in the Media Sierra Leone, a multimedia concept organization joined their counterparts across Africa in commemorating the Day of African Child on June 16 last week Saturday. The organization screened a free ‘Sarafina’ Film Show

The people of Constituency 47, which comprises of Kasonko and Bafodia in the Koinadugu District have disclosed to Sierra Express Media that they would rather vote for an independent candidate, if the All People’s Congress

TUNIS, Tunisia, June 21, 2012/ -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) and five other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have agreed to significantly leverage their commitment to sustainable development. The concord between the AfDB, the European

Geneva - Killing of elephants driven by the illegal ivory trade has reached crisis levels in Africa, new information released today says. Across Africa elephants are being driven into decline due to poaching for their

Sierra Leone joined hundreds of diplomats and expatriates at the Jeddah Palace last night to offer its condolences to the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the death of their late second–in- command,

It is rare for a head of government to be greeted with applause at the very beginning of a speech before the United Nations General Assembly. But that’s what happened last September when Prime Minister

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20 June 2012 – effective implementation of sustainable energy solution is crucial for Africa’s successful long-term social and economic development, participants agreed on the high-level panel convened to ensure that Africa’s

History has a way of changing some of its judgments over time about people and events.  Even after one year of Japian Stevens death, the son of Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Germany, Jongopie S. Stevens,

The Climate Vulnerable Forum has a number of sidelines events in the ongoing UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in Brazil, to discuss their position and expectation from the conference. The Forum consists of a