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May 2011

The Ministry of Transport & Aviation and the Ministry of Trade & Industry held a successful meeting with key transport stakeholders including the Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union, the Sierra Leone Road Transport

The world watched as Sierra Theatre Productions (STP) started their journey from a group of five people who believed in one Director - to a diversely enriched entourage of talent, riveting audiences into bursts of

A good leader always takes steps to meet the needs of his or her people. A good leader works hard to deliver on the needs of his or her people. The people in turn, stand

In many countries, the ICT sector is no longer marginal For 48 long hours, employees of Senegal’s National Telecommunications Company cut telephone and Internet connections to the rest of the world. That bold action, in August

By the time you read this the bye election result of Constituency 04, Kissi Tongi chiefdom in the Kailahun district would have been known. Baring the usual APC election "yuki yuki" the result is a

Broadcast statement by HE the President on the rising cost of petroleum products and other commodities Fellow Citizens: In the past two weeks, I have listened to you expressing concerns over the rising prices of commodities,

Addis Ababa, 25 May 2011: In a bid to show their commitment to peace in Africa, a huge crowd of more than 40,000 people from Ghana and other parts of Africa and the Diaspora turned

Sierra Leone have named a final squad of 17 foreign-based for their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home to Niger on 4 June.  (Photo: Lars Olof Mattsson (r) and Christian Cole have

For most of the 1990s Sierra Leone was best known for its diamonds — and the devastating civil war they helped finance. But a decade after the end of that conflict, the West African nation

Drop by drop, Kitui preserves its precious water.  It is still early on a hot and dusty Wednesday morning, but the temperature is already above 35 degrees centigrade. Residents say that it rained just a

African Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Federal Republic of Nigeria have in unison on Wednesday May 25th 2011 commemorated the birth of the Organization of African Unity on May 25th 1963 at the Ladi Kwali

Lusaka, Zambia – 27 May 2011 – The Zambia Revenue Authority has announced the launch of the National Call Centre. The project implemented with support from the Investment Climate Facility for Africa aims at improving

The Somali Football Federation President Said Mahmoud Nur nominated Radio Bar Kulan the Radio Station of the Year in honour of the “great role that Bar Kulan radio took in the recently-concluded Somali Football championship. The

It is rather unfortunate that I have to renege on a cardinal principle I hold in the realm of journalism, that one should refrain from responding to attacks from individuals whose sole intention in writing is to

It has reached the desks of Sierra Express Media that corrupt high court convict, Philip Conteh (in photo)  has had friends (APC party members) toe line to help him pay a court fine of Le