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August 2021

The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS), in collaboration with the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) and the Sierra Leone Police, on Wednesday 4th August 2021 confiscated two baby chimpanzees (Camila and Charlie both of whom are

The repeal of the death penalty has caused disturbances in the minds of many citizens describing the decision by government as “untimely”.  Many people, who spoke to this medium, said it was necessary for the death

Confidential sources in the respective government institutions have intimated Sierra Express Media of a grand plan to conduct parliamentary and presidential elections in very dubious and stage-managed circumstances. The sources disclose that a well-coordinated and carefully

We were rudely shocked by the sad news of the death of a final year honours student in the newly approved Faculty of Communication, Media and Information Studies (CMIS), formerly Mass Communication Department at Fourah

More information in the 34-page official judgment of the Sierra Leone Court of Appeals in the case of Miatta Kargbo versus the State has revealed that the motive and conduct of the current SLPP lead

SIERRA EXPRESS MEDIA IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND HIGHLY COMPETENT FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF “REPORTER”. MINIMUM REQUREMENT IS DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM AND AT LEAST TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE AS REPORTER OF A NEWSPAPER. SALARY

The news broke out on Social Media and subsequently reported in the press about an alleged suicide committed by a Korean businessman, who said he took his life due injustice he suffered in the hands

Party sources have intimated Sierra Express Media that President Juslius Maada Bio has ordered an urgent and thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the disgraceful treatment meted out to the Chairman of the ruling

Traders at the Sewa Grounds, commonly known as Victoria Park in the Business District Center have lamented over what they describe as “deplorable conditions” of doing business in an unhealthy and insecure environment. (Photo: Sewa

Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, on the 6th July, 2021 chaired a Government High Level Accountability Platform inaugural meeting held at his office on Tower Hill in Freetown. The newly formed Accountability platform comprising the

Civil Society Alternative Network (CSAN SL) has accused the Sierra Leone Police of trampling on the immunities of Members of Parliament with impunity. In a letter dated 9th July 2021, the Network raised concern over the

The principal of the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), Dr Philip Kanu has revealed that Government had secured over $ 18 million to transform the Goderich, Congo Cross and Brookfields campuses of the Milton Margai

Encroachers are rapidly damaging the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) catchment areas at Regent Village outside Freetown. In spite of several complaints to the line Ministries of Lands, the Environment, Water Resources, Energy and Tourism respectively, the

Popularly known as Victoria Park, traders and business people at the Sewa Ground market stalls have called on the attention of Government to come to their rescue and ameliorate their plight especially in the wake

The Leader of the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) in Parliament has publicly criticized the Leadership in the House of Parliament with accusations of flouting rules, processes, and procedures, which he said was tantamount corruption. “Corruption