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On the occasion of the United Nations’ World Environment Day, DHL, called its 480,000 employees world wide, for action to participate in activities for the environment and the climate. However, this form of engagement is not a one-time activity: the Group’s Go-Green program was launched in 2009 and encompasses the overall carbon efficiency improvement as […]

The  Rogbonko Village  Retreat  is  an  initiative intended  to  generate  interest   in  rural  Sierra Leone, and to educate visitors and local people alike in the importance of traditional  values. The Retreat is run by and employs local villagers and is an important  source of  revenue for  the community.  Income from  assisting visitors  and selling […]

The recent order by Malawi’s Electoral Commission (MEC) for a manual recount of electoral results following massive voting irregularities was an inadvertent admission that the experiment with electronic voting technology did not turn out well for the country’s recent elections. Like had earlier occurred in Ghana in 2012, where voting was extended by a day, […]

A concert, fashion show, barbecue and silent auction will take place in Surrey this month to help young people in Sierra Leone. The People’s Foundation of Sierra Leone (TPF) will host its biggest fundraising event of the year June 14 at Surrey Christian School’s Secondary Campus Salone Fest, a celebration of youth empowerment in Sierra Leone, […]

Let the games begin. Barring any hitch, the FIFA soccer tournament is certain to start on Thursday. For many South Americans, the games took a long time returning. The continent hosted the World Cup in 1978 and for Brazil in particular, the last game there was as far back as 1950. Running up to the […]

Members of Parliament constituting the Committee on Internal Affairs have reffered the immigration Post at Gbalamuya as “one big international embarrassment” because of the lack of basic immigration equipment to effectively control the country’s gateway.Situated in the Kambia District, north of Sierra Leone, the border crossing point to the neighbouring Guinea, during an oversight visit […]

Port Loko residents including youths over the weekend hailed the Talented Young People Everywhere-Sierra Leone (TYPE-SL), a Non-Governmental Organization with headquarters at 15 Bai Bureh Road, Freetown.  (Photo: TYPE-SL Executive Director, Ibrahim H. K. Shaid) The organization  was established on 6th October, 1998 to enhance youth and community empowerment in that part of the country thereby […]

Even though Big Markit is one of the more popular arts markets, The Lumley Arts and Craft market, situated along the Lumley beach road just behind the office of the National Tourist Board – is one of the largest arts and craft market in the country whic mostly stocks purely Sierra Leonean arts. Founded about […]

The largest iron ore miner in Sierra Leone, African Minerals Limited (AML), has said in a statement that despite recent various media reports regarding the outbreak of the Ebola disease, its activities are not affected in any way. – See more at: https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/68050#sthash.ptgirWI5.dpuf

LONDON, 5 June 2014 – PRNewswire Africa  – Figures released by the UK Department for international Development (DFID) confirm the UK’s position as Sierra Leone’s leading bilateral donor to help reduce poverty in Sierra Leone. Figures released by the UK Department for international Development (DFID) confirm the UK’s position as Sierra Leone’s leading bilateral donor, […]