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Dakar, Nov.12 (SLENA) – Authorities in Sierra Leone must drop all charges against two print journalists granted bail on November 4 after 18 days of detention, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has stated. The journalists have been charged with criminal defamation for publishing an article critical of the Sierra Leonean President, Ernest Bai Koroma. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/62860

Prince Fornah is a Sierra Leone musician and recording artist based in the United States of America. He hails from the Tonkolili district, north of Sierra Leone and is a proud member of the powerful Poro secret society of Sierra Leone. The Poro, or Purrah or Purroh, is a secret society of Sierra Leone, Liberia […]

China’s Envoy to Addis Ababa, Mr. Xie Xiaoyan (in photo) on Friday 8th November told Sierra Leone’s Emissary to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ambassador Andrew Gbebay Bangali that Africa’s representation at the United Nations Security Council is inadequate and that the Continent is under represented. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/62791

KPMG West Africa, comprising Ghana Sierra Leone and Liberia, has announced the appointment of Nii Amanor Dodoo as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2014. He will succeed Joseph Winful, current Senior Partner and CEO of the auditing firm, who retires in December. Mr. Winful, who has been a Partner of the firm since 1990 […]

Sierra Leone’s chief of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara on Thursday, 8th November ended a weeklong official visit to the People’s Republic of China, where he discussed issues of further bilateral cooperation between the two countries.   (Photo: Post visit interviews, with visiting state officials from Sierra Leone has formed part of […]

Sierra Leone’s new freedom of information bill could be positive, but as Liberia’s experience shows, without political will, the law could mean very little. On 31 October, after ten years of civil society activism, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone signed into law the Right to Access Information Bill https://allafrica.com/stories/201311080582.html

Sierra Leone-focused London Mining said on Thursday it was on track to meet its output forecast for 2013, on the back of improved production during the rainy season compared to the previous year. The company reiterated that production would be between 3.3 and 3.6 million dry tonnes. https://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-fast-news?oid=217128&sn=Detail

On November 6, 2013, State Councilor Yang Jiechi met in Beijing with visiting Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara. Yang Jiechi expressed that China-Sierra Leone relations have developed smoothly since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries 42 years ago, and have gathered good momentum in the recent years. China is ready […]

After 19 days of prison detention, Managing Editor and Editor of the Independent Observer newspaper Messers, Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay were granted bail on November 4, 2013 by a Freetown-Based High Court. The granting of bail to the journalists followed a series of joint protests and appeals by the MFWA and Sierra Leone […]

The UNHCR Representative in Sierra Leone Mr. Jean Bosco Rushatsi, together with the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) Programme Manager of the Unit for refugee affairs, Mr. Mohamed Usman Koroma. paid an official visit to the Southern region en route to Kenema to sensitize refugees in the East on the projected funding situation for […]