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New Mines Policy or old tricks at play?

It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. This adage can well be ascribed to the All People’s Congress government  in presenting a ‘new’ mining policy, which has been described as having a

Labour Minister set death trap Minster of Labour, Mr. Express can reveal, is set to send over three thousand youths on the firing line in a bogus overseas employment in Afghanistan where citizens and coalition forces

Residents of Koindu Town in the Kissy Teng chiefdom, Kailahun district say the issue of Yenga being claimed by Guinean authorities is still a serious matter, as the Guineans have now moved further into Sierra

Dr. Roland Kargbo, executive director of the controversial Help A Needy Child International (HANCI) organization has, after being grilled by human right activist Emmanuel Hindowa Saidu of Foundation for Democratic Initiative and Development confessed he

Yesterday, I attempted to look at the current Vice President, Sam Sumana, his role in the growth of the APC, and seeming plans to sideline him in the APC’s political dispensation. I stated that it

Today U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone June Carter Perry authorized grants for thirteen local organizations selected to receive 2009 US Agency for International Development (USAID) Ambassador’s Special Self-Help program funding totaling $90,000 or about 340

The First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Moscow, Mr Henry Nyandemoh, paid an official working visit to Astana, capital of Kazakhstan to represent the Ministry of Tourism and Culture

The house to house robbery In Sierra Leone, it is part of the work of  Christian evangelists to carry out house to house preaching, but now armed robbers, sinister and with a killer instinct  have also

Zonta Club Care For The Old The 8th of November, was world Zonta day 2009 which was celebrated in Sierra Leone with members of the Zonta Club of Freetown. The Zonta Club provided food of different

Sierra Leone’s Inspector General of Police (IG), Brima Acha-Kamara, was in London last week to attend the ‘INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD CEREMONY,’ where he was invited as one of the recipients of such enviable award. It

He is Chief Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana, Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone.  He is a thorough born and bred Konoman. A ‘blue blood’, if you like.  His father was one of the most

My phone has not stopped ringing since Monday. Friends and acquaintances have been anxious to know what happened. Why was I summoned to the Anti Corruption Commission offices? Was I in any kind of trouble

P r o t o c o l s:  As-Salaam-Alaikum     I am very happy to be amongst fellow heads of state of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Continued consultation and cooperation amongst nations of

Sierra Leone’s national football team, Leone Stars will play The Netherlands premier club, Willem 11 this Saturday, November 14 at the Willem 11 Stadium in Tilburg, Holland. This international friendly, the first time in history for

From a particular building along Old Railway line the loud speaker was blaring the whole of Monday afternoon. It was difficult to discern what the excitement was all about. Was it because his Excellency had