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May 2018

Freetown May 24th, 2018: The attention of the National Secretariat of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has been drawn to an incident on 23rd day of May 2018 in which it is alleged that

The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) condemns the rising spate of violence against women in politics in Sierra Leone, before and after the general elections. We view such violence against women in politics

Cecilia Mattia, a fearless, experienced civil society activist, and a woman of integrity that works for the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) has chosen to uphold transparency and integrity (virtues worth emulating across

Having woefully failed in their several attempts to make this medium become one of the bootlickers of the current government, Sierra Express Media, one of Sierra Leone’s isolated media voices, if not the only voice

Over 40,000 students preparing to take the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have suffered in long queues since last week to purchase scratch cards from the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) and the

It was like a judgment day among senior and junior staff of Youyi Building when His Excellency President Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio paid an unannounced visit to know if Government workers going for duty

The Deputy Chairman of the Western Rural Urban District for the All Peoples Congress (APC), Mohamed Kamara commonly call Med Kay has expressed strong determination to support the APC Members of Parliament ahead of the

State House, Freetown, Sierra Leone -His Excellency President Bio has always warned in his public speeches that this Government is not going to be business-as-usual politics and on Wednesday, 23rd May, he demonstrated that with

In a bid to keep the public informed about issues of corruption and the effects of the scourge on national development, the Anti-Corruption Commission on Saturday 19th May 2018 engaged the Rogbangba Community, Hastings, Western

… Labour Minister confirms  After a thorough mediation and dialogue in the matter between employees and Management of Shandong Steel on redundancy, one of the key outcomes highlighted by the Minister of Labour, Adekunle King

Like the SLPP led government of late President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabba during his reign as president of Sierra Leone, the Bio’s led Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Government has yet again turned another massive

Sierra Leoneans are still looking forward to the Government of His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio to salvage the issue of price increase among basic food commodity which has left many people with no option

Thousands of school going pupils from various schools across the country has raised serious concerns over the alarming shortage of pipe borne water or water wells in the country ahead of the raining season and

Concerned students of the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Sierra Leone have written an open letter to His Excellency President Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio complaining against the poor service delivery rocking the institution. According to

The Local Unit Commander (LUC) for the Adonkia Police Division, Alusine K. Sesay has been accused of disregarding complaints tendered to his station at the detriment of the plaintiffs. Complaint reaching Sierra Express Media (SEM) indicates