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April 2013

It appears African Minerals, run by controversial businessman Frank Timis (in photo), has again ruffled feathers in the financial field.  Investment bank Renaissance Capital claim the company, and Frank Timis have repeatedly failed to honour

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Chancellor of the University, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, is reported to have boycotted this year’s convocation of the University of Sierra Leone, USL, held

With funds from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone (SKMSL) has successfully trained data enumerators in Freetown to embark on a knowledge exchange survey of civil society organizations

One of the most deprived communities in Eastern Freetown, Mount Zion, located at Kola Tree, is reported to be in dire need of a cemetery, a police post, a market structure and a hospital and

Information reaching this medium states that corruption is flourishing at the Gbalamuya Customs post at Kambia along the Sierra Leone-Guinea border where traffic wardens are reported to be now performing the functions of immigration officers

Freetown City Council (FCC) is expected to be in Aberdeen, Western Freetown, today to collect this years city rates and business licenses. FCC’s Public Relations Officer, Cyril Mattia, told Sierra Express Media that the routine tax

His Excellency the president of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, has made the history of being the first elected president and the first Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone (USL)

With only a few days to the eagerly awaited election for the presidency of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Parrot has deemed it wise and necessary to join the race to help reform

Nowadays, Sierra Leone has become a country where money can speak a loud language that even the deaf can understand. We agree that money rules the whole world but in our own case, money is

The UN General Assembly last Tuesday April 2nd, 2013 overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty that will regulate  the multi-billion-dollar global arms trade, and prevent the weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, warlords,

Sierra Leone’s Foreign and International Cooperation Minister has described the United Arab Emirates visit by President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and entourage as “very successful.”  (Photo: Foreign Minister Dr. Samura on the UAE visit) In a

It pleased the President of Sierra Leone to reappoint Honorable Minkailu Bah as Minister of Education and Honorable Paul Kamara as Minister of Sports, however, the reappointments displeased and disappointed many citizens of this country. Since

A high powered delegation, headed by the Vice- President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Chief Samuel Sam Sumana, on Saturday 30th March, 2013, paid an unexpected visit to the Local Unit Commander of

President of Affinity Telecom Worldwide, Anthony Melhem, has revealed that Sierra Leone will soon benefit from free internet facility that will be serving the capital city Freetown, and the provincial cities of Bo, Kenema. and

Sierra Leone’s second capital city, Bo, is reported to have become the headquarters for the massive fuel hoarding that now characterizes the country. Many of the residents have reported to this press that the city is