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April 2014

Sierra Leone was colonized by Britain, a form of imperialism that is deeply despised in today’s free world.  It was the SLPP Party that valorously led Sierra Leone from colonial imperialism to the noble club

The Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma has received a $25 million grant as budgetary support from the International Development Association (IDA/World Bank).  (The scene at the conference room before the signing ceremony) Sierra Leone’s Ambassador

On Saturday, April 19, 2014, the Center for the Promotion of Children with Disabilities was launched in the city of Hurst in Texas.  The guest speaker for the event was Dr. Romain Dallemand a renowned

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send best wishes to Sierra Leoneans as you celebrate 53 years of independence on April 27.  (Photo:  John Kerry, United States Secretary

The Chairman and Board of Directors, Management and Staff of AFRICAN MINERALS (SL) LIMITED Wish His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, The Government and People of the Republic of Sierra Leone a Prosperous and Happy

The Africa-America Institute (AAI) proud distinguished Alumna who bagged the AAI 2011 September Award, daughter of the beautiful soil and vegetation of Sierra Leone, Zainab Hawa Bangura continues to champion the cause of women, making

Freetown, April 24, 014 (SLENA) - Ola During Children’s Hospital has launched the Quality Malaria Care Job Aid and awarded certificates to 316 Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and Lab Technicians after successfully completing a training on

The death is announced of Mr. O’Bai George Vincent Wurie alias the Big Chief of Culture Radio and presenter of the popular program ‘Shependeh’, aged 56 years.  (Photo: the Late Obai Wurie) He is survived by

Sierra Leone’s Under-20 squad, Shooting Stars will clash with their Guinean counterpart, Petit Syli National in Conakry on Friday April 25, in an encounter that could best be described as ‘deadly’. The fixture is the preliminaries

The West African State of Sierra Leone will be celebrating its 53rd Independence Anniversary on Sunday 27th April, 2014. The small West African nation covers an area of 71,740 square kilometers with Liberia to the

The management and staff of Sierra Express Media offer condolences to the family of William Juana Smith, APC Resident Minister East, who passed away this evening April 23, 2014.  May he rest in peace and perpetual

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development may not be a filthy rich man, but his courage and passion for development has brought about a great blessing not only in governance but in his

IN EVER GREEN AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF OUR WIFE, MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER THE LATE  MRS. LOUISA JAYATU MELISSA NGONGOU (nee SAFFA).   WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER ATTENDETH OUR WAY. WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL WHATEVER OUR

For a very long time, the rich have known to some extent how the poor around the world live. What’s new in today's world is that the best-kept secret from the poor, namely, how the

Sierra Leoneans massively filled the premises of the Embassy of Sierra Leone on Friday, 18th April, 2014 upon invitation by the Embassy and the Sierra Leone Nationals’ Union to meet, for the first time, with