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June 2018

Momoh Konte, NATCOM chairman today handed over his notes to incoming chairman Prince Harding. (Photo: l-r  (l) outgoing chairman Momoh Konte, and (r) incoming chairman Prince Harding).  Below is a transcript of the notes. BACKGROUND                                                           In

Sierra Leone's Attorney General, Charles Margai has been sacked, with no reasons given at time of press and SEM is uncertain whether he has received his last month salary.  He becomes the county's shortest-lived holder

Robert Weiss, an American national and owner of WS Development here in Sierra Leone, is a subject of an alleged police cruelty and illegal detention over a legal diamond business transaction that transpired between him

As a result of weak labor laws enforcement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in the Government of Sierra Leone, a gas producing entity situated at National, Cline Town in Freetown known as

Madam Haddijatou Jallow (in photo), the out-going Boss of the Environment Protection Agency, on Friday 8th June 2018, officially bade farewell to her staff and handed over to the institution newly appointed and approved Chairperson,

The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Madam Memunatu Pratt (in photo) has outlined the quick wins of the tourism and cultural sectors at weekly Government press briefing in the Ministry of Information and Communications,

The Human Right Commission of Sierra Leone (HRC-S/L) with support from UNDP has on Thursday 7th June 2018, launched the Human Right and Peace Clubs in secondary schools on the Theme “Building a Center of

"The bonds that bind us together should be greater than those that divide us."  These were the exact words of the  newly appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Privatisation, Umaru Napoleon Koroma as he

Chinese Center For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) in Sierra Leone together with Ministry of Health & Sanitation has unveiled the second phase of the fixed biological safety laboratory technical cooperation project at the Bintumani

 as Sierra Leone works towards Stabilization of Landslide Site Hundreds of Freetown residents on June 5 World Environment Day came together to plant trees in honor of the more than 1,000 people killed or missing following

Showers of praises   were heap on the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Anthony Augustine Sandi for his administrative and professional track records within the rank and file of the Ministry of

The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Fatima Bio has officially launched the China-Sierra Leone Maternal and Child Health Care Innovation Project on Tuesday June 5, 2018 at the Atlantic Hotel, Lumley

Bandaki Obafemi aka Yung Blud is the new act to look out for in the Afropop genre. For lovers of Afro-beat and hip-hop, Yung blud brings a new perspective to this genre of music. Young,

6 June 2018 - It is with great sadness we have to report that Ibrahim Samura, former editor of Sierra Express Media (SEM) and current managing editor of New Age, passed away this morning. No cause

The former State House Communications Boss under the Ernest Bai Koroma led All Peoples Congress (APC), Jarrah Kawusu Konte, like many other personalities and officials of the past government, is the latest to fall prey