DALLAS – Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier and current UNICEF advocate for children’s rights, started his lecture at Misericordia University by talking about storytelling. As a child in Sierra Leone, Beah listened to stories around the campfire. He told the audience he knew he had to pay close attention, because adults would quiz him […]
The recent investment includes the launch of a new airside facility in Dakar, Senegal, and the addition of 3 aircraft – a Boeing 757 and two ATR72s CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, November 11, 2013/– DHL (https://www.dhl.com), the world’s leading logistics company. has announced an investment in both a facility and air infrastructure in West Africa, to meet the […]
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on Sunday 10 Novemberjoined a battery of diplomats in attending the Remembrance Day in reminiscenceof the war dead during the World Wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. The wreath of the Sierra Leone Embassy was laid by His Excellency Andrew Gbebay Bangali. https://allafrica.com/stories/201311121037.html
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has officially released results of the July 2013 Basic Education Certificate Examination, which had an entry of over 70, 000 (seventy thousand) candidates. The examination was conducted for over 600 (six hundred) Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) whose pupils took the exams in 202 centers country wide.
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