Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, will visit the University of Wisconsin–. Madison campus on November 6 and 7, with an itinerary that includes two public talks and informal meetings with students. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/62050

FREETOWN: President Ernest Bai Koroma received the British Minister for Africa, Mr. Mark Simmonds (in photo) at State House in Freetown, during a courtesy call. President Koroma thanked the British government for the support given to Sierra Leone during the difficult days, and disclosed that government is moving the country forward, always realizing that Britain […]

We hear a lot about austerity and have just suffered another unpleasant budget, but despite the economic realities faced by many hundreds of thousands of people

 Stellar Diamonds plc, operating in West Africa, has carried out the first blast in its bulk sampling program of its 100-percent owned Tongo kimberlite dyke project in eastern Sierra Leone. The firm said the first ore blast was completed successfully and on schedule and it was aiming for a diamond parcel of up to 2,000 […]

Memuna Mansaray McShane has many stories: some she remembers, some she doesn’t, some she’ll tell you, some others will tell for her. There are the stories people tell about her, and the story she’s trying to write herself. Memuna, a 17-year-old soccer player at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, doesn’t remember her story the […]

Head coach of the Sierra Leone national U-20 women’s team Hannah Williams is confident her side will be able to create a surprise when they face the Falconets in Abuja for a qualifier ahead of the women’s World Cup to be played in Canada next year. Williams was speaking after her charges beat Western Combined […]

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has on Wednesday 16th October 2013 assured Heineken Africa of government’s continued support. During discussions with the President of Heineken, Africa and the Middle East in Freetow. He registered deep satisfaction with strides being made by government in encouraging the private sector, with clear indications of good prospects, as the […]

The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Sierra Leone Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has said that the commission will work with the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to develop a code of ethics for the FA. He made this disclosure to the Executive Committee of the FA when they paid a courtesy call at the Commission’s […]

Sierra Leone’s renowned cricket club, the “Kent Cricket Club (KCC)” has announced that they will provide one year academic scholarship to young cricketers . who participated at the just concluded Lime Line U-12 Cricket Championship 2013 hosted in Freetown from the 6th-14th September 2013. https://awoko.org/2013/10/16/sierra-leone-sports-kcc-to-award-scholarships-to-young-cricketers/

Parishioners took part in a village walk to support an organisation helping children in Sierra Leone. Adults and children gathered at St Mary & St John’s Parish Centre, in Billing Avenue, Finchampstead, in aid of Art Resourceful Tourism Sierra Leone (ARTSL). The organisation, which is in the process of getting charitable status, was established in 2008 and […]