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November 2009

District Agricultural Officer of the Western Area Haja Adama Kamara has informed this medium that the Federation of Farmers in Sierra Leone will be holding its elections come Saturday November 14th where she said executives

The Ministry of Social Welfare in collaboration with the New England Ville Police Station plan to vigorously combat the growing rate of sexual harassment in the community reports reaching Sierra Express reveal. The New Police Family

Four hundred and ninety seven (497) Sierra Leonean Pilgrims arrived safely at the Prince Mohamed Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport, Medinah on board Royal Air Maroc (RAM) flight no. AT 1800 at about 12 mid

One could understand why the ruling APC government sings such a song about the completion of the Bumbuna Hydro Electric project.  Squarely the project is inarguably one of Sierra Leone’s most coveted achievements both in

In Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s short story collection, ‘Girls At War’, there is an interesting story, ‘Surviving The Peace’ which shows the difficulties of surviving in post Biafra war Nigeria with armed robbers, and other

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