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August 2012

One of the five aspirants for the mayorship in Bo city, southern Sierra Leone, Harold Tucker, has told this press that his five year strategic plan for Bo city includes job creation and reducing unemployment;

Ramzain Suma, Sierra Leone’s participant to the Miss University Africa contest in Nigeria,  has expressed resentment over the reckless and lackluster of attitude of the government towards her trip and participation in the all-important contest. Expressing

The chief Imam of the Murray Town Central Mosque (Masjid Tahweed), Chief Pa Alhaji Alimamy Peter Koroma aka Pa Bassie has died at the age of 86 on Tuesday this week at the Connaught Hospital

Mr. Desmond C. Lewis popularly known as Super Des, a man of taste, development and credibility of Andrew Street, in the Murray Town community has manifested interest to contest for parliamentary seat for the ruling

Consistent with its corporate social responsibility, Airtel has made a donation of over Le 50 million worth of medication to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as an emergency support to help reduce the cholera

In an unprecedented display of true Islamic brotherhood and national solidarity, Sierra Leoneans, Guineans, Senegalese, other African communities and Saudis converged on 29thAugust, 2012 in one of the most popular mosques in Riyadh, King Khaled

All Peoples Congress (APC) Georgia Chapter Leadership To Hold News Conference in Atlanta ATLANTA -- On Friday, August 31, 2012, 5:00pmEST, the All Peoples Congress (APC) Georgia Chapter will hold an international news conference at Atlanta’s

Formation of policies is paramount to the success of a given government’s programme.  In a 2006 “Agriculture Sector Review” conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture in Bangladesh, there was this crucial aspect of poverty alleviation

44 years old Osman T-mex Sesay is the latest to have declared to run for the position of councilor in Constituency 106, Ward 377 central 1 of the capital, Freetown. Throngs of community persons made equal

Seventeen Implementing Partners (IPs) are planning to stage a peaceful demonstration against the Agricultural Engineering Services Division (AESD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFFS) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) for what

The trends of things in the political arena are always changing order, which makes it a reality that no candidate would have to win an election triumphing on a mouthing contest. This equally means that

The Land and Property Division of the High Court of Sierra Leone has issued a stiff ban on the Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment, his Deputy and other top functionaries of the

Supporters of about 30 football clubs currently competing for the Brima Keita Trophy at Kingtom revealed to Sierra Express Media Sports that the competition is going on well without any complaints such as the use

The ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) party female Parliamentary aspirant, Madam-Aminata Ishmael on Monday 27th August 2012 donated a set of football jerseys to Lumley Strikers FC at the MAFA training field in Lumley.   (Photo:

Misfiring, injury-hit Celtic striker Mo Bangura is returning to former club AIK Solna on loan until December.  (Photo: Mo Bangura plays for Celtic during pre-season) Sierra Leone international Bangura joined Celtic from the Stockholm outfit almost