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The Sierra Leone Prisons commenced its 100 year anniversary celebration of success, struggles and achievements on Thursday 6thMarch 2014 at the Prisons Canteen situated along Pike Street, Freetown. Delivering his opening statement, the Director of Prisons Mr. Sanpha Bilo Kamara told members of the press that, the Pademba Road Maximum Prisons was established  14th March 1914. […]

Recently appointed Head Coach for the Sierra Leone Under 20 squad, Charlie Wright and his technical team have called up 34 players for training at the Football Academy in Kingtom. The called up players, who are expected to start training on Monday will be preparing for the 2015 Africa Youth Championship first leg qualifiers against […]

FREETOWN — At the end of this month, more than 15 years of United Nations peacekeeping operations will end in Sierra Leone.  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in the country’s capital for two days to mark the occasion.  Peace Muhammad Duada Kamara was just a child when a civil war broke out in his country of […]

FREETOWN — At the end of this month, more than 15 years of United Nations peacekeeping operations will end in Sierra Leone.  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in the country’s capital for two days to mark the occasion.  Peace Muhammad Duada Kamara was just a child when a civil war broke out in his country of […]

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has raised the hopes of people living in Malone Village, Makump Section in the Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom, Tonkolili District for better lives; by expressing its commitment in fulfilling its vision of a corrupt free Sierra Leone wherein the social and economic needs of all citizens would […]

MONDAY MARCH 3, 2014 – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday implored the leadership of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament to support the Association in its quest to have the criminal portions of the Public Order Act of 1965 expunged and/or reviewed.  (Photo: Speaker of Parliament, S.B.B. Dumbuya and SLAJ President, Kelvin Lewis) First […]

Ban Ki Moon arrives today at the start of a two day visit to Sierra Leone.This visit is largely to celebrate 15 years of UN peace keeping and peace building operations in Sierra Leone, which comes to an end on the 31st March 2014. For the UN there is something to celebrate, and for Sierra […]

Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo since his arrival in Sierra Leone has been paying courtesies to government officials to familiarise himself with the workings in Sierra Leone. In the past week, he started paying courtesies to government officials.  He paid a courtesy call on Hon. Chief Justice of Sierra Leone Mrs. Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh at her […]

Bo, March 1 (SLENA) – The Local Councils Internal Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA) workshop organized by the Public Financial Management Reform Unit (PFMRU) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) continued in Bo with six local councils drawn from the four regions of the country as participants. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/65631

Stellar Diamonds raised £314 914 after they exercised over 28 million warrants by two of its supportive major shareholders that will help fund its on-going definitive feasibility study at its 1.1 m carat Tongo Dyke-1 kimberlite project in Sierra Leone, which has a 1.1 million carat resource. https://www.miningreview.com/stellar-diamonds-raised-314k-to-fund-tongo-project/