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SLPP sweeps Bo by-Election

News from the just concluded Local Council Bye Elections in Lugbu in the Bo District shows that the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has once again asserted its position in the South-eastern voter entate

Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr Christiana Thorpe, has presented the Commission’s 2009 Annual Report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, for onward transmission to Parliament and the people of Sierra

In the ongoing Special Court trial of  former Liberian President in the Hague, Defence Witness, Yanks Smythe concluding his four day direct examination today denied Prosecution claims that Mr. Taylor participated in a common plan

Reports reaching Sierra Express Media reveal that between 2005 and 2007 two mining licenses were issued for diamond and iron ore prospecting in the Gola Forest Reserve in south-eastern Sierra Leone. The licenses were granted

Ayo Johnson Speaks to Claudia Anthony ( Award winning Journalist ) and Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (Sierra Leone's Minister of Information and Broadcasting) on the importance of battling corruption in West Africa. Video - Part 1 - President Ernest Bai

Your Royal Highness, Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would first like to thank the Governor of the Mecca Province, His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Bin Faisal al-Saud, H.E. Abdullah Ahmad Zainal Alireza, Minister

Recent political developments unfolding in the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone seem quite bizarre yet unique and interesting. This is as a result of the government’s pharisaical, inconsistent, parochial and selective/double standard posture in

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will celebrate International Women’s Day with two events on March 10th in Washington, D.C. During the day, Secretary Clinton will host the annual International Women of Courage Awards at

The chairman of Students for Peace and Development (SPAD) Master Mohamed Khazally Tejan-Rahman has called on his colleagues to denounce violence in the just commenced Inter Secondary Sport activities. He said as the Inter- Secondary

Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security Hon. Minkailu Mansaray has made moves to set matters straight with what he last Friday referred to as incorrect and mystifying of the many good works his ministry

Pharmacy Board of Sierra has held a grand Continuous Professional Educational session for all pharmacists in the country, an occasion which is a summation of all 16 sessions held last year to bring pharmacists in

The Ministry of Health through the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone has issued strong warning to pharmacies throughout the country that are engaged in the sales of sedative and psychopathic drugs that have now been

Sixty three pupils at the St Joseph Secondary School in Freetown benefited from scholarship grant from the nation’s No. 1 cell phone company Africell running into a mouth watering sum of Le 12, 600,000; the

The media can serve as a catalyst for socio-economic and political change. You only would need to read extensively about Al Jezeera news network, based in Qatar in the Middle East, especially on how it

It seems President Koroma is closely studying the play book of former President Momoh as far as corruption is concerned. When President J. S. Momoh ascended the seat at state house, he immediately declared a