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London Mining commences new road project in Sierra Leone

London Mining Company Limited, a subsidiary of London Mining PLC UK on Tuesday 30th June 2009 held a ground breaking ceremony of their new haul road project at Mammy Nancy area near Rogbere Junction in the Port Loko District, northern Sierra Leone. Speaking at the ceremony, the Managing Director of London Mining Company, Mr. David Keili said that, the operation of the exportation of iron ore will soon commence during the quarter year of 2010 (Read more ...)

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Election of Members of African Commission on Human and People's Rights and members of thee AU Commission of International Law

Sirte, 30 June 2009 - African Union ministers of Foreign Affairs, who constitute the Executive Council at their 15th Ordinary Session in Sirte, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, elected on Tuesday 30 June 2009, members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and members of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) (Read more ...)

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Government accountability: Better and worse

Which countries are better governed than a decade ago, and which worse - THE governments of Serbia and Sierra Leone have made the most improvements in accountability in the past decade, according to a new report from the World Bank. In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, governments are more accountable than they were in 1998 (Read more ...)

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Musa Kamara of SLPP NA Needs More Education about Mama Sierra Leone

Certainly, we are now arriving to the conclusion that many Sierra Leoneans are lacking the knowledge of history about development in Sierra Leone because of irresistible ignorance attitude, tribal sentiment, greed, selfishness, and power consciousness. The problem in Sierra Leone is not the government. It is we the people (Read more ...)

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President Koroma Chairs AU Summit

President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday chaired the plenary session of the General Assembly of the African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The Heads of State and representatives were discussing the document on the transformation of the African Union to the African Authority which has the aim of concentrating power in the hands of the organization as against individual state authority.(Read more ...)

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Developing world faces age crisis

New research warns of a population time bomb for developing nations as the ratio of elderly people rises faster than in the industrialised world. A report for the French Institute for Demographic Studies says poorer states have only a short time to set up workable pension schemes. The alternative is the prospect of vast numbers of their elderly people living in poverty, the report warns. The trend has not begun in Africa's poorest states but experts say it will (Read more ...).

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Office of Diaspora Hold Second Meetings with SL Banks

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone's vision to deliver Sierra Leoneans from poverty is embedded deep within his national agenda for change. The President hoped to achieve this through capacity building of the country's human resources aimed at national development and prosperity and a transparent and accountable government administration to the people of Sierra Leone. (Read more ...)

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First Lady to Open Fire Fighters Training Centre

The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma has been invited by the Chief Fire Officer Alhaji Kamanda Bonga to officially open the newly constructed fire training centre at Cemet village by Rokel cheek point in the greater Freetown area. (Read more ...)

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Too many people who are illiterate, dispossessed and disinherited are not in a position to make informed choices

The First Lady, Madam Sia Nyama Koroma spoke on Wednesday at the opening of a two day seminar for pastors at the Jees Horizing of Hope Ministry at Lumley with the theme finance and marriage. Addressing her audience she stressed the significance of linking finance to marriage as very important. (Read more ...)

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President Koroma Participates in African Union Summit in Libya

President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday arrived in the Libyan City of Sirte to participate in the fifteenth ordinary session of the Executive Council / thirteenth ordinary session of the General Assembly of the African Union (AU). Speaking at the opening session this morning, Libyan Leader and Chairman of the AU, Muamar Ghaddafi called on his colleagues to press on for the formation of one government, one currency, (Read more ...)

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13th AU Summit: Agricultural Development Commissioner Rhoda Peace Timusiime Calls for an Enhanced African Integrated Market

Sirte, 29 June 2009 - "Let us make agriculture a viable investment option that will open more opportunities for enhanced investment and growth of African Agriculture". Mrs. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union, (Read more ...)

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Ivory Coast go top in Africa

Ivorian fans can celebrate their team being top in Africa.  Ivory Coast have overtaken Cameroon as the top team in Africa, matching their highest ever position in the Fifa world rankings. The Elephants are now 18th in the world, up 20 places on last month. (Read more ...)

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Cameroon: A Bird's Eye Look at the Economics, Politics and Freedom of the Press

My two weeks visit to Cameroon was rewarding because I was able to visit major cities like Douala , the business capital of Cameroon, Yaoundé, the political seat of government, Bamenda in the North-Western region, predominantly English speaking, Kumba in the south where Ocean City Radio station was located and was privileged to be interviewed on the program 20/20 (Read more ...)

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The SLPP Need Self Improvement to Triumph Their Everlasting Frustration

The SLPP online propaganda machine is solidly bolstering the leadership of President Koroma. This online paper - "The New People", had never published a piece of good news about Sierra Leone or an iota of the current social and economic developments which the Koroma Administration had achieved since APC regain its legislative power in the country. (Read more ...)

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NRA boss hits jackpot in Europe

Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Allieu Sesay has wrapped up his almost two-week European trip to Berlin in Germany and Brussels in Belgium. Mr. Sesay is heading home with broad smiles after grabbing four scholarships for his Customs workers to pursue Masters Degree programs in Germany. (Read more ...)

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Dr. Kargbo leads Sierra Leone's delegation to Maternal Survival Confab in Ethiopia

Director of Reproductive and Child Health Program at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation led Sierra Leone's delegation to the Regional Human Resources for Maternal Survival: Tasking-Shifting to Non-Physician Clinicians, which currently is underway at the United Nations conference centre from 29 June-2 July, 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  (Read more ...) 

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John Oponjo Benjamin is a Drowning Man

After reading various articles about the visit of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Chairman John Oponjo Benjamin to North America in the month of June 2009, which draws my urge to conclude the he is a drowning man who can cling to any straw in the political sea for his party survival. In his struggle to enhance him to smuggle again the SLPP into power in Sierra Leone, he has forgotten that Mama Salone has disowned his SLPP party. (Read more ...)

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Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura

It is truly the greatest honor of my life to present this article about the real national treasure of Sierra Leone, Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura. The incentive to write this article arose when I accidentally received faculty biographies from the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Bangura teaches. I never imagined that one person could achieve so much and at such high intellectual caliber. (Read more ...)

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30 June, 2009
Sierra Express, Freetown

Editor's Life Threatened

The life of the Editor of Sierra Express Media, Richard B. Boackarie who is also a contributor at the Concord Times has been threatened by an anonymous texter and caller with threats that he will pay with his life for articles he has written on the Jack Lansana and Pharmacy Board Saga on which the Anti Corruption Commission recently sanctioned both parties take equal culpability (Read more ...)

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Pharmacy Board, ACC Rekindle Professionalism in Pharmacy Practice

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) over the weekend commenced the second rounds of it continuous professional education programme drawn to resuscitate the educational ideals of Pharmacy Professionals in the country and to bring their knowledge in the practice of pharmacy to contemporary terms as in the words of the Chief Inspector at the Pharmacy Board and facilitator at the training James P. Komeh. (Read more ...)

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SLABA Meets VP Sam Sumana

Almost a year after they met with President Koroma, the Sierra Leone American Business Association (SLABA) had the pleasure of hosting Alhaji Sam Sumana, Vice President of SL at a luncheon and business forum held at the Embassy in Washington, DC. The meeting between SLABA, a group of Sierra Leonean owned firms registered in both the USA and Sierra Leone and Vice President Sumana, was facilitated courtesy of the embassy's unending effort to bring all Sierra Leonean businesses together.  (Read more ...)

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SLABA Meets VP Sam Sumana - Pictorial Display

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India joins 'neocolonial' rush for Africa's land and labour

India, once the colonial jewel of Britain's empire, has been accused of 'neo-colonialism' in Africa where its business people have joined a race with China, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere to buy up agricultural estates and take advantage of cheap labour. Indian farming companies have bought hundreds of thousands of hectares in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal and Mozambique, where they are growing rice, sugar cane, maize and lentils for their own domestic market back in India. (Read more ...)

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Breaking New Grounds: Footprints Boost Students In Sierra Leone

A charity organization based in New Jersey, USA is taking smiles to school children in Sierra Leone with assistance of school materials to enhance their education. Footprints of God has been catering for school children in the city as well as those in the provinces - their last visit was in April this year when they went on a fact-finding mission on the progress of their project (Read more ...)

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CAADP Day: African Union Promotes Agricultural Development in Africa

Tripoli, 27 June 2009 - At the margin of the 13th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly scheduled for Sirte, Libya, under the theme: "Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security", the African Union Commission and its program, NEPAD, celebrated on Saturday 27 June 2009, the day of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), in Tripoli, Libya (Read more ...)

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15th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council: Chairperson Ping calls for Respect of the Constitution

Sirte, 28 June 2009 - The 15th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union opened on Sunday 28 June 2009 in Sirte, Libya, within the framework of the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, under the theme: ''Invest in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security." (Read more ...)

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AU Ambassadors End Deliberations on Summit Items in Sirte

Sirte, 27 June 2009 - The 18th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) which kicked off on 24 June 2009, ended on 27 June 2009, at the Ouagadougou Conference Centre in Sirte, Libya. The closing ceremony was chaired by Mr. Ali Awidan, Libyan Ambassador to the African Union and Chairperson of the PRC, in the presence of Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) (Read more ...)

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18th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee Discusses Racism and Slavery

Sirte, 25 June 2009 - Members of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) have called on Member States to continue working hard in their efforts to restore Africa's identity by restoring reparations for the historical damage caused by the slave trade in Africa. (Read more ...)

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VP Sumana talks about JOB, DENI-SL, SLABA & APC-NA

He was on a private visit to witness his daughter, Sia Sam Sumana, graduate from Anoka High School in Minnesota where he was commencement speaker. Anoka High School graduates felt honoured that the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Sam-Sumana was at their school to offer them words of wisdom; words that they hope to put to practice in making a difference in the lives of others. (Read more ...)

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Politics and Hypocrisy

"John Ben Wins Over APC Hearts & Minds" - This is nonsense and utter rubbish. John Benjamin's visit to Dallas was secretly coordinated by his party facilitators alongside with Tegloma members. More than 90% of the community in the Metropolitan were not aware of the SLPP Chairman's visit. We have observed that it looks cynical, in fact more cynical when a politician pretends that politics can be completely sincere and fair. Should it be true to their claim, why then do Sierra Leoneans like to be hypocrites by their free-will of choice? (Read more ...)

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SLAJ Extends Blackout on Judiciary, Heads off to Kenema

Freetown - A General Meeting of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists held on Saturday 27 June resolved to continue with the ongoing news blackout on the judiciary and its affiliate bodies for the third week. This will be followed by a protest march scheduled for Monday 13 July for which the Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police has already been informed (Read more ...)

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Presidential Southern Tour : SLPP's Hon. Arthur Harvey goes APC

President Ernest Bai Koroma last Thursday 25th June 2009 undertook a familiarization tour of the southern region beginning from Bo city, after a brief stop-over at Mile 91. In Bo, the President was welcomed by thousands of residents, led by Resident Minister Musa Tarawalie. The President was taken on a conducted tour of the city with throngs of cheering people lining up the streets. (Read more ...)

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28 June, 2009

Sorie Sudan Sesay, London

Sierra Leone Keeps Calling!

The British Conservative Party is seen by many as a strong contender to take over government from Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party in the forth-coming elections in Britain.  I was fortunate to attend a meeting of an off-shoot group of the party called The Conservative Business Group of Africa (Read more ...)

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OLD Pa Demba House Exchange:Judgment day

Cunning Rabbit: A chicken that does not hear the shh-language will invite stones all over him in the end. Bra Spider, nearly a year ago I warned
you that your idle fantasy about the White Stuff making you the only white Bra Spider swimming in banknotes will land you in hot waters (Read more ...)

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ECOWAS Ratchet Pressure on Guinea's CNDD Junta to Return to Democracy

Abuja, Nigeria - The Authority of Heads of State and Government of Economic Countries of West Africa (ECOWAS) have heaped more pressure on Republic of Guinea's National Council for Democracy (CNDD) junta to respect its commitment to return the West African Country to Democracy. (Read more ...)

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The 18th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee Officially Kicks off in Sirte

Sirte, 24 June 2009 - "We have gathered here today in the historic city of Sirte which saw the birth of the Sirte Declaration that led to the creation of the African Union. This unity makes all of us proud and has continued to manifest itself more and more over the last few years, under the leadership of Brother Leader of the Revolution as well as the Heads of States of the Continent (Read more ...)

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SLPP Chairman, John Benjamin Wows US Lawmakers

Anthony Samai (AS): It has been a mixed trip for the SLPP chairman. Tell me more. Dr. Patrick Muana (PM): The chairman, John Oponjo Benjamin, is undeterred by the minor niggles about entry restrictions and his trip is going as planned (Read more ...)

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Special tribute to Michael Jackson on SN RADIO

SN Radio is showing its support to the family of Michael Jackson and its appreciation for Michael's contribution to all mankind. SN RADIO will dedicate three airtime segments to broadcast four exclusive interview clips and 24 of Michael's greatest hits. SN RADIO invites all to visit www.SaloneNetwork.com to listen to the broadcast (Read more ...)

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World Breaking News

25 June, 2009
Sheila Burke, USA

"This is it ...This is the final curtain call" poignant words of the King of Pop 

Michael Jackson August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009:  "King of Pop," cited as one of the world's most famous men today died of cardiac arrest at 2.26 p.m. Pacific Time, however the cause of death is unknown until autopsy results are released. Apparently, his physician, who was with him at the time at his home in Bel Air, where he had been practicing for his upcoming concerts in London, UK, attempted to resuscitate him. A 911 call was placed at 12.21 p.m. (Read more ...) 

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Damning New Report: "Dirty Fish" Proves European Regulations Fail to Protect Consumer Health and Facilitate Transfer of Illegal "Pirate" Fish into the EU Market

On 9/06/2009: findings were published by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) prove that EU hygiene laws are failing to protect consumer health while simultaneously facilitating Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported "pirate" fishing, allowing dirty fish caught by pirate vessels off the coast of Sierra Leone and other West African nations to enter the European market place. (Read more ...)

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Ambassador Shekou Touray Presents Credentials to Cuban Government

The Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to United Nations, Ambassador Shekou Momodou Touray, who is also accredited as Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Cuba, on Thursday 18th June 2009, presented his Letters of Credence to the Cuban Authorities marking the formal commencement of his assignment to that country. The ceremony was punctuated by a warm hospitality (Read more ...)

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ACC Defuses Jack Lansana's Rant of Self Exoneration

One truth has been established once more in the course of history that "no matter what, the truth endures despite all odds," as in the words of Indian Liberator Mahatma Ghandi. Despite the many self exonerating media stunts by erstwhile Registrar of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone Michael Jack Lansana and reports of the Anti Corruption Commission, this Press has asked both parties in the long flung and estranged battle of aspersions in the case of the mysterious 17 million Leones that disappeared at the Pharmacy Board (Read more ...)

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Introduction of West African Single Currency Date Deferred

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) have resolved and categorically stated that December 2009 will not be practicable for the introduction of a single currency in Five West African Countries. According to Sierra Leone's Finance and Economic Development Minister Dr. Samura M. W. Kamara, WAMZ consists of five West African countries including Sierra Leone Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria. (Read more ...)

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Soul Searching

As a nation and as a people, there's definitely something wrong somewhere and no amount of political indignation can change that truth.  So, let's take our minds out of the realm of politics and into the sphere of realities. I mean, let each one forget political persuasion or inclination and delve into the contraption called Sierra Leone. (Read more ...)

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Pharmacy Board Makes Anti-Malaria More Accessible

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone-PBSL in a bid to make anti-Malaria Drugs more accessible to the vast majority of citizenry, has deregulated the sales of Atesunate (the combination therapy for Malaria treatment) which used to be a prescription drug and could now be sold over the counter and in patent drug stores all over the country. (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone Concludes WHO Drugs Safety Course

Sierra Leone through the Pharmacy Board has on the 25th May - 5th June joined thirty other countries in the world to take part in a Drugs Safety monitoring (Pharmacovigilance) training course conducted by Uppsala which is the WHO coordinating centre for drug safety monitoring based in Sweden.  SEM has learnt that the training is conducted every two years for medical professionals involved in the field of drug safety monitoring selected from member countries to which Sierra Leone in 2008 became the 87th Member. (Read more ...)

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National Health Insurance in Sierra Leone

Keynote Address by HE Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma at a Two-day National Consultative Conference for the Establishment of a National Health Insurance in Sierra Leone, at the Miatta Confrence Center, Wednesday 24 June, 2009.  I am very pleased to preside over the official opening of the deliberations on the validation of the study report on ‘Health Insurance Options for Sierra Leone.' (Read more ...)

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25 June, 2009
Aminata Fofanah

In Sierra Leone, Regional Economic Partnership Agreement targets October

The European Union (EU) in collaboration with the West African countries, have agreed to conclude a regional agreement on trade in goods and development cooperation by October 2009. EU's Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton alongside the Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel had met with Presidents of regional organizations including the Economic Community of West African States (Read more ...)

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24 June, 2009
Sierra Express

The Freetown Water Crisis

All throughout the dry season, it hunts life's normalcy in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, children instead of going to school in the morning would be seen clutched unto their containers to scrounge for water from the very limited sources supplying a city of over two million inhabitants. They would spend hours taking turns at the few, isolated and strewn about public taps serving the majority of the city's population. (Read more ...)

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Pre-Planting Training Workshop for Sorghum Farmers

In close collaboration with the Rokuppr Agricultural Research Centre (RARC) in the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), the West Africa Sorghum Value Chain Development Project (Sierra Leone Component) has successfully concluded a one day Sorghum value chain producers training workshop for farmers in Kenema Town, Nongowa Chiefdom, Kenema District (Read more ...)

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Vote of Thanks

The Heads of State and Government expressed their heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the warm and African hospitality extended to them during their stay in Abuja. The Authority wished the people of Nigeria happiness and prosperity. Done at Abuja, this 22nd Day of June, 2009

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36th ECOWAS Summit ends in Abuja

23 June, 2009 - Fourteen West African countries made representations at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Federal Republic of Nigeria's capital Abuja.  Welcoming Heads of State and delegates at the opening ceremony yesterday 22 June 2009, Nigerian President Musa Yar Adua, said (Read more ...)

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President Koroma and Delegation Return Home

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday June 23rd returned to Sierra Leone, after the conclusion of his attendance to three summits in one day, including the 36th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS), the summit of West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) and the ECOWAS - Spain Summit in Abuja Nigeria. (Read more ...)

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It is with the GREATEST pleasure that you are invited to the 2009 Official Launch Event for the CCACN "FUTBALL" TOURNAMENT on June 28, 2009, 5 - 10 p.m.. (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone: The Hub of West Africa

Freetown, Sierra Leone 23rd June 2009 - President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's dream of tapping Sierra Leonean expertise in different fields of studies from abroad to come back home and add their own blocks in rebuilding and rebranding the image of the country, has simultaneously put hands on deck to push his agenda for change and has started bearing fruit (Read more ...)

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Thirty Sixth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State an Government, Abuja, 22nd June, 2009

Final Communiqué 1. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held its thirty sixth ordinary session in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on 22nd June 2009 under the chairmanship of His Excellency President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, current Chairman of The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS (Read more ...)

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36th ECOWAS Summit Opens in Abuja

On 22nd June 2009, fourteen West African countries made representations at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Federal Republic of Nigeria's capital Abuja. Welcoming Heads of State and delegates at the opening ceremony this morning, Nigerian President Musa Yar Adua, said both the sub-region and the world face enormous challenges (Read more ...)

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23 June, 2009
www.SaloneJamboree.com

Former Hilton Hotel employee Salone's hottest DJ

Following the end of the decade-long civil war in the West African state of Sierra Leone, many community radio stations have hit the airwaves, taking advantage of media pluralism and promoting peaceful co-existence. Among the more than 15 radio stations currently operating in Freetown, Sierra Leone's Capital, there is a privately-owned station in the name of Free Radio transmitting on FM 95.7. (Read more ...)

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Agriculture at the Centre of 13th Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government Billed for Sirte, Libya

The Thirteen Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government will officially kick off on 24 June 2009, in Sirte in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, at the level of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), meeting at its 18th Ordinary Session, under the theme: "Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security."  (Read more ...)

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Africa's sleeping giant

400 million hectares of Guinea Savannah land ripe for commercial farming - A vast stretch of African savannah land that spreads across 25 countries has the potential to turn several African nations into global players in bulk commodity production, according to a study just published by FAO and the World Bank (Read more ...)

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Sierra Express Achieves 3rd place in Sierra Leone News Media

Journalism is heroism an objective appraisal from independent readers in Europe. www.world-newspapers.com and www.leonenet.net are the only sources of information that the majority of we the Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora depend on to update ourselves about the latest at home. Some of us have even grown addicted to those sites more than smokers are to cigarettes, since a single click on them can bring us the active list of all the major Sierra Leonean online newspapers. (Read more ...)

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President Koroma arrives in Abuja, Nigeria

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma arrived in Abuja the capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Sunday June 21, 2009, to attend the 36th Summit of Economic Community of West African States and Government Scheduled for June 22nd at the ECOWAS head quarter in Abuja. President Koroma will attend the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) summit during the early hours of Monday 22 June, prior to the 36th ECOWAS summit (Read more ...)

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UNHCR Issues Twenty Sierra Leonean Passports to First Batch of Reintegrated Refugees in Nigeria

The first batch of Twenty Sierra Leonean Passports has been issued to Sierra Leonean Refugees, who have chosen to be reintegrated in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Sierra Leonean Passports were distributed to the reintegrated Sierra Leoneans on Saturday June 20, 2009, by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Nigeria, during the commemoration of the World Refugees day (Read more ...)

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Schulenburg: Honest Peace Broker or Biased UN Representative?

One of the most important aspects to maintaining peace in a post-war nation like Sierra Leone is to have an honest broker who mediates peace between conflict parties in such a way as not to create the perception of bias. The perception of bias in a peace building process can derail negotiations sometimes irreparably. An honest broker must at all times maintain his or her neutrality and objectivity if they are to achieve lasting peace. (Read more ...)

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Sierra Unite Receives Certificate of Merit and also donates Le 20 M for generators

Sierra Unite, an NGO in Sydney Australia well-known for its numerous containers of items to aid schools in Sierra Leone has received a Certificate of Merit from a combined recognized organization, in Australia namely STARTTS and the Refugees Council of Australia. This is an annual program. Sierra Unite is the first Sierra Leonean organization to win this prestigious award! (Read more ...)

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Freetown residents, particularly women and youths, again demonstrated their undying admiration and support for President Ernest Bai Koroma when on Friday 19th June they danced on the streets with chants of "Ernest Obama, Ernest Obama" following him on foot from Sewa grounds/Victoria Park to State House after the President had turned the sod for the construction of a modern shopping centre at the heart of the city (Read more ...)

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Outgoing US Ambassador, Mr. Donald Yamamoto, Bids Farewell to the AU Commission

Addis Ababa, 16 June 2009 - The African Union and the United States government have worked together in significant ways to improve the lives of people in Africa. This collaboration, which can be found in diverse areas such as agriculture, HIV and AIDS, reducing hunger and poverty, as well as peace and security (Read more ...) 

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ARISE Africa Fashion Awards - African Fashion Celebrates Talent

20 June 2009 - More than 1000 fashion insiders and their guests descended on the Sandton International Convention Centre in Johanesburg to celebrate the fashion talent of Africa at the inaugural Arise Africa Fashion awards. Walking away with the joint top prize of Designer of the Year was South African David Tlale and Nigerian Tiffany Amber (Read more ...) 

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Emergence of Vigilante Justice

It is mighty ironic for a regime that stole the sacred right of its people to elect their own leaders, to suddenly announce that effective immediately "thieves" should now be burnt alive. Wow !! Whose bright idea is this? Sadly, it is the Guinean military government's answer to dealing with "thieves," as reported in a recent BBC article (Read more ...)

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Jimmy B. Raps on Attitudinal Change

Since President Koroma took over the reigns of power, the thorny issue of "Attitudinal Change" has been his priority. In a recent interview, Sierra Leone's most acclaimed Musical Star, Jimmy Yeani Bangura, otherwise known as Jimmy B. called on every Sierra Leonean to effect the change (Read more ...)

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SaLone Advocacy Urges Expedient Resolution of 1965 Public Order Act to avoid SLAJ Blackout on Judiciary

North Hollywood, California - June 19, 2009: SaLone Advocacy notes the protest of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists. SLAJ has declared a one-week news blackout on the judiciary over what they claim is failure by the Supreme Court to deliver a verdict in the association's case for repeal of the criminal and seditious law (Read more ...)

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Democracy, Human Rights, Refugees: World Refugee Day 2009

On June 20, the United States will join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community in marking World Refugee Day. Secretary Clinton was scheduled to speak at a ceremony at National Geographic headquarters on June 18 to salute the fortitude of the world's refugees and internally displaced persons. (Read more ...)

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"Sierra Leone is the most Beautiful Country on Planet Earth"

Jimmy Yeani Bangura, Sierra Leone's Godfather of contemporary music has said that his country "is the most beautiful place on Planet Earth." Jimmy B, as he is fondly known, disclosed the information on Friday 19th June in an exclusive interview on the Voice of America (USA) African Beat program, presented by another Sierra Leonean, David Vandy (Read more ...)

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Joint Statement on the assassination of Somali Security Minister

Nairobi 18 June 2009: The African Union, the Intergovernmental Agency on Development, the League of Arab States and the United Nations all strongly condemn the June 18th 2009 horrific suicide car bombing in Beledweyne which killed the Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden along with community leaders and other innocent Somalis (Read more ...)

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19 June, 2009
Sorie Sunday Sesay, Information Attache
Sierra Leone High Commission, UK/NI

Minister Hails President Koroma In London

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperations, Zainab Hawa Bangura, has said the assumption of power by President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in Sierra Leone is the best thing ever politically to happen to Sierra Leone (Read more ...)

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Stopviolence - epetition response

Thank you for your e-petition. The British government noted with concern recent reports of violence in Sierra Leone. The Joint Communiqué of 2 April 2009, in which the two main political parties agreed not to use violence and to adhere to democratic norms, (Read more ...)

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Keynote Address/Golden Jubilee Anniversary Lecture

The CIIN at 50: Insurance as a Vehicle for National Development, Delivered by His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, June 18, 2009:  It is a pleasure to be here today to join you in celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN). I feel highly honored to be asked to deliver the keynote address (Read more ...)

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President Koroma, Awarded, while Zainab Bangura, Musa Tarawally and Henry Macauley recognized in Nigeria

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has on Thursday June 18, 2009 received the highest Honor from the fifty years old Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), by accepting a fellowship award thereby carrying the title: FIIN (Read more ...)

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19 June, 2009
Sorie Sudan Sesay, UK

Saleonean Student Ambassador Boosts Salone Industry in London

Sierra Leonean born Desmond Tucker, who last year, was named Student Ambassador by the Rose Bruford College in London, has expressed his intention to help boost television and film productions as well as the music industry in Sierra Leone. Tucker made this remarks during a meeting with the Information Attaché at the Sierra Leone High Commission in London, Sorie Sudan Sesay (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone's Ambassador Bangali signs AU Treaties in Ethiopia

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Thursday 18 June, 2009 signed the AU African Charter on Statistics and the Protocol on the African Investment Bank. His Excellency Andrew Gbebay Bangali, who also doubles as Sierra Leone's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Read more ...)

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Commission Deputy Briefed on Situation in Great Lakes Region

Addis Ababa, 16 June 2009 - The African Union welcomes the integration of former rebel forces into the operations of the government and civic life of Burundi. It is sending a team of civilians to the Central African Republic, is opening an office in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has a special representative on the ground in Bujumbura (Read more ...)

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GCPN Delegation Visits First Lady

Dr. Alusine Jalloh Founding Director of the African Programme at the University Texas Arlington accompanied by representatives of GCPN on Wednesday 17th June 2009 briefed the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Her Excellency Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma on the work of their organization in Sierra Leone (Read more ...)

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19 June, 2009
Mamba Productions, USA

Mamba Productions present Safari night - a night you don't want to miss!

Saturday July 18, 2009 - Mamba Productions presents Safari night at the Tropical Hut - an historical night you don't want to miss! You are invited to come and party all night long to a live performance by the incredible King Jazzy. Put on your safari outfit and get ready to party all night. Drink specials and food all night long. (Read more ...)

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African Children Have Hope for their survival

Going by the international theme for 2009 "African fit for children to call accelerated action towards their survival" the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Her Excellency Madam Nyama Koroma in a keynote statement delivered on the Day of the African Child reiterated the theme "calls for accelerated action to address the problems that impact negatively on child survival and development (Read more ...)

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19 June, 2009
Fayia Sellu, USA

Getting over Bambay and Others

One thing Sierra Leone does not need right now is finger-pointing and blame for who did what in the almost decade long madness, carnage and societal dismembering that the war years brought us. It is not like we have not tried; but from the Special Court to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Sierra Leoneans have demonstrated clearly their inclination to move ahead (Read more ...)

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Fullahs in the Diaspora Plan Big for SaLone

Senior Adviser of the Fullah Union in Germany has said in Freetown that his organization was working towards helping the poor and needy in Sierra Leone. Mohamed Lamrana Bah who was on a month's vacation to Sierra Leone recently told newsmen in Freetown that his German registered organization had plans to help Sierra Leone in the areas of scholarships for the poor and needy children (Read more ...)

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Idriss Ndele Moussa, Newly Elected Chairperson of the Pan-African Parliament meets Chairperson Ping

Following his election on 29 May 2009, at the helm of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the newly elected Chairperson of the PAP, Mr. Idriss Ndele Moussa, was on Friday 12 June 2009, received in audience by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Jean Ping, at the headquarters of the African Union Commission (Read more ...)

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19 June, 2009
State Office of the Vice President
Sierra Leone

Peace Corps to Return to Sierra Leone in 2010

According to a press release from the office of the Vice President of Sierra Leone, the acting Director of the United States of American Peace Corps Service, Dr. Judy K. Olsen has disclosed that modalities are being put in place for the Peace Corps Service to return to Sierra Leone in 2010. The good news was disclosed at a meeting between Dr. Judy Olsen and Vice President Sam Sumana held at the United States Peace Corps office in Washington D.C. on Tuesday June 16, 2009. (Read more ...)

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President Koroma a Unique Chartered Insurer and Shining Light in the Insurance World

Nigerian Insurers have described Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma as a unique person and a shining light in the Insurance business, because he is the first Chartered Insurer to become President of a sovereign state in West Africa. This disclosure was made during a welcome address by the Director General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (Read more ...)

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Brazilian President, H.E. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Guest of Honour of 13th AU Summit in Sirte

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, has accepted the invitation as the Guest of Honour at the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, scheduled to take place in Sirte, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, from 1 to 3 July 2009 (Read more ...)

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Yar Ardua Praises President Koroma for Maintaining Relationship

Nigeria's President Musa Yar Adua has praised Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma for maintaining the Sierra Leone /Nigeria relationship, and said, "I feel honored to receive you." This great compliment was showered on President Ernest Bai Koroma, as a welcome address during his one day official working visit to his friend and brother, President Musa Umar Yar Adua at Aso Rock on Tuesday (Read more ...)

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Celebrity Stylist to style the KOKETSO Show during Arise Africa Fashion Week June 18, 2009 @ 6:30 p.m.

New York, NY (June 2009) - Celebrity fashion stylist, INDASHIO announces he will be making an appearance and styling the Koketso Collection during ARISE AFRICA FASHION WEEK. INDASHIO, who recently won the Vh1 reality show "Glam God" hosted by Vivica A Fox, is currently touring the world on his "5 Years in Fashion Tour."  (Read more ...)

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17 June, 2009
Alhaji Jalloh, Freetown

Sierra Leonean Author Satisfied With President Koroma

A Sierra Leonean US based author has said that he appreciated President Ernest Koroma's efforts for taking time out of his busy schedule to receive an autographed copy of his book. Alhaji Dr. Hamid Charm who was speaking in a telephone interview about his book, " It took a broken leg to go to School," on United Nations Radio last Friday told popular presenter of "Night Line" programme, Mama Jam Jalloh aka ‘D.J Base' that he was at a loss for words to fully capture his deep appreciation and gratitude to the president (Read more ...)

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The Sierra Leone Peoples Party is growing and expanding across the world

In North America, this growth is spurred by the desire of many progressive Sierra Leoneans to participate in the affairs of their country. Spearheading the North America growth is the regionally approved SLPPNA organization. This structure is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that every corner of the North America region could boast of an SLPP chapter that is both functional and effective. The responsibility for the day-to-day management of this action is managed by Musa Kamara, the regional Organizing Secretary (Read more ...)

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African Union unveils AU.COMMIT Campaign

To commemorate the Day of the African Child June 16, 2009, the African Union on Tuesday commissioned the African Union Commission Initiatives against Trafficking (AU.COMMIT) Campaign in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The campaign is themed: "Let's Combat Trafficking in Human Beings Especially Women and Children."  (Read more ...)

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RE: Office of Diaspora Affairs

SaLone Advocacy has noted reaction and comments from a cross section of Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora, to the issues raised in Dr. Brian Conton's article, "Who does the Office of Diaspora Represent?" published on Saturday May 23rd 2009. On various Sierra Leonean fora and listservs that SaLone Advocacy monitors (Read more ...) 

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Let's revisit a few guidelines on how to write a public relation article or press release and stop the PhD. Syndrome

Comrades let's cut the bunkum, hogwash or the garbage of the: PHD (pull him down) syndrome of obsequiousness against our fellow writers in our online press forums. I have great respect for and accreditation to all our editors-in-chiefs and publishers' of online newspapers like: Cocorioko, The New Rising Sun, Patriotic Vanguard, and Sierra Express Media, but to name a few (Read more ...)

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His Turn: Journalist Alhaji Jalloh answers exclusive interview questions

Alhaji Jalloh, has returned to Sierra Leone after a four month sojourn to the United States. Even though he was on a private visit, he was busy chasing and reporting stories through the various online news portals. He travelled extensively doing what he loved.  (Read more ...)

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APC Women's Wing NA wraps up successful fundraising event

The Women's Wing of the APC North America branch wrapped up a successful fundraising event for the shipment of over 40 dialysis machines to Sierra Leone. The event took place on Sunday 14 June, 2009 at Congressional Place, Brentwood, Maryland, USA and a plethora of VIPs were present among the hundreds of guests in attendance. (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone's Tourism Potential Still Untapped

Tourism in Sierra Leone still remains the nation's No. 1 untapped resource but possesses the potential be the country's most contributor to its economic development and growth. By far, tourism is the world's fastest growing industry and Sierra Leone is listed amongst the world's best for its beauty in natural endowment. (Read more ...)

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President Koroma off to Abuja, Speaker Acts as President

President Ernest Bai Koroma on 15 June, 2009 left the shores of Sierra Leone to attend the regional workshop for the harmonization of public finance statistics in Abuja, Nigeria. The President and entourage will return home on Thursday (Read more ...)

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PMDC USA National Executive Council (NEC) Inauguration

On June 27, 2009, PMDC USA National Executive Council (NEC) will swear in its newly elected executives in Washington DC, in an event to be attended by PMDC members, patrons from the Sierra Leone community and other concerned citizens interested in the vision and cause of PMDC. (Read more ...)

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John Benjamin tours SLPP Constituencies in USA

After a very successful visit tour of the American Mid-west where he interacted with state and business leaders, the Chairman of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), John Oponjo Benjamin, continued his tour of core SLPP constituencies in Western United States with a visit to the state of California. In addressing SLPP constituents in California, Chairman Benjamin articulated the significant challenges ahead for the SLPP as an opposition party (Read more ...)

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Urgent need to combat exploitative child labor around the world

Today, we join with others in the international community to highlight the continued and urgent need to combat exploitative child labor around the world, with a special emphasis on addressing the particular challenges faced by girls. As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has noted, "the status of women and girls is a key indicator of whether or not progress is possible in a society." (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone Arc of Hope Launched

In a belated celebration of Sierra Leone's forty-eighth Independence anniversary, Sierra Leone's ambassador to the United States, HE Bockarie Kortu Stevens hosted Sierra Leoneans and friends of his native to an evening of entertainment at his Washington, DC residence on May 30, 2009.  In his opening remarks, HE Stevens welcomed all in attendance and expressed his satisfaction for the opportunity to meet many of his compatriots in an informal setting.  (Read more ...)

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Change: The Emptiest Word in Politics

The word "change" has been used and misused by politicians all over the world, but in the African context and especially in Sierra Leone does it have the right meaning or does it being used to woo voters during electioneering? In 2007, the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) came with positive change, All Peoples Congress (APC) said it is a changed party and the masses cried out for change. Do these groups really understand the political meaning of the word "change?" Well I guess not (Read more ...)

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Let Freedom Ring ...Ruin

It was a breezy and sunny spring day; The Union Jack folded and thrown at bay.
Yes, for once we would decide our own destiny And wave good-bye to that queer-looking Queen!
We would drink poyo from the palm tree And enjoy the sun's rays shining in our eyes. (Read more ...)

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Economic, social and cultural rights and the Sierra Leone Constitution

A few months after assuming the presidency of Sierra Leone, President J.S Momoh declared categorically that education ‘is a privilege and not a right.' While at that time the man on the street, the layman, protested vehemently, the legal gurus of president Momoh were wallowing in the ignorance of the citizens. They knew that J.S Momoh was legally right to say so. They knew that he was not arrogating. They understood that what he said was not a rhetoric (Read more ...)

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Political Prostitution should have No Place in Our Democracy

It was a shock to hear that Dr. Sheku Bah Saccoh commonly called Mauna Gbati has defected to APC. Constitutionally he is right but morally it is not a correct thing to do, giving the fact that Ambassador Saccoh served throughout the then SLPP regime as minister and ambassador. Munku Politician, as he calls himself, never rejected his appointment as minister (Read more ...)

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The Obstacles of Sierra Unite's Kanga Educational Project

It is good to know that there are still people who are willing to help the ailing country of Sierra Leone. A little known voluntary organization based in Sydney, Australia who embarked on an educational drive to help the young folks of Sierra Leone after its 11 years of brutal civil war. Since Sierra Unite's initial drive (Read more ...)

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11 June, 2009
EssaThaim Kurugba, USA

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's Political Perseverance and Determination Will Lead Him to Success

The people of Sierra Leone are fed up and tired with everything that is threatening the stability of the nation. They are tired of all the lies and on-line negative propaganda and what they had gone through with the SLPP government - filthy city, destitution, poor roads networks, massive urban migration into the city, tired of John Benjamin's blaming the APC for his recent interrogations in the U.S in connection to his affiliation with NPRC junta human rights abuses. (Read more ...)

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Growing Menace Rocks Freetown

They are seen everywhere, the hooting sounds from their horns is deafening, their maneuvering among the bustling city traffic is breathtaking but somewhere in the far Western end of the city, at the Emergency Hospital in Goderich, hundreds of them bike riders (commonly called Okada) and their victims lie in grueling pain with broken limbs, damaged skulls disemboweled stomachs and such like injuries (Read more ...)

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Reclaiming the Lion Mountains

When the Portuguese explorers in the 15th century arrived at the costal strip of Sierra Leone with the luxuriant and teeming rain forest hunching on the backs of the overlooking mountains, one thing that occurred to them was ‘the hills resemble lying lions overlooking the coast which according to historians precipitated the naming of the country as Sierra Loa (Lion Mountains) - English translation from Portuguese amounting to the Sierra Leone we all know today as our country (Read more ...)

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Public Notice: Drug Alert

It has come to the notice of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health & Sanitation that unwholesome, fake and expired products including infant formulas, energy and alcoholic beverages are being shipped to Sierra Leone are probably already on the Sierra Leone market. These spurious products include (Read more ...)

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Terms of Reference - Global Coordinator

DENI - Sierra Leone is a poverty reduction initiative designed to mobilize expatriate Sierra Leoneans (living and working in the West) to pool their remittances country-by-country to purchase outright (or buy into), at the very least, one of state-owned enterprises (SOE's) in the country that are slated for privatization, resulting in widespread ownership of these assets by the country's own nationals and the reinvestment of their dividend earnings (Read more ...)

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Continuous Professional Education for Pharmacists in Western Area Holds

Pharmaceutical Professionals in the Country in collaboration with the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, on Saturday 6th June, conducted the Western Area version of the continuous Professional Education seminar at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown, with attendant pharmacy professionals of over 125. The programme in the words of the Chairman of the Education Committee, Pharmacist AJP Johnson, is in a bid to enhancing the capacity of practicing Pharmacists (Read more ...)

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Ernest Koroma's Joy: John Benjamin's Blues!

I had advised my colleague at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Washington not to be bothered with recent developments linking Ambassador Bockarie Stevens with allegations of attempts to embarrass the Chairman of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party  (Read more ...)

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Bravo to Sierra Unite for yet another Container of Educational Items to Salone

The long awaited container from Sierra Unite, a non-governmental organization in Australia, has finally off loaded its third 40 ft. container of educational items of books, computers, printers, and much more, on the 5th June to the twenty three institutions in Sierra Leone. (Read more ...)

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Media and the Public (23): Letter to President Koroma

Dear President Koroma, I am sure your trip to China was a success personally, financially, and economically to you and the country as a whole. You saw how China has developed over the years and how they are not relenting. You met with the students and you heard their grievances and their determination to succeed and return to help in the development process in the country (Read more ...)

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John Benjamin's Office Demands an Immediate Apology from US Embassy Official

We hereby wish to VEHEMENTLY DENOUNCE any attempt to demonize the Opposition Chairman further than he has been demonized. Furthermore, we are also hereby appealing to you to issue an IMMEDIATE retraction of your Statements that the SLPP Chairman (Read more ...)

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1 June, 2009
Sanpha Sesay, USA

A Message of Condolence from Patrick Dangawalli

Texas, U.S.A. June 1, 2009. To the family and friends, the football association, the government and people of Sierra Leone, on behalf of my family here in the United States, I wish to tender a message of condolence for the sudden news about the pass-away of my beloved friend, Manneh Peters and to express that I was deeply sadden to hear about the big loss (Read more ...)

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The Dangers of Nolle Prosequi in a Democratic State

The principle of nolle prosequi has become a strange bedmate of the present ministry of Justice. This power has lately been used by the Minister of Justice and AG on several occasions in the vein to protect ‘political well-wishers' from prosecution. If the AG continues to enjoy this discretional power, there is no denying the fact that this can lead to manifest abuse of power (Read more ...)

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What if she is right?

Eyebrows were raised in speculation over a recent article in Sierra Leone on who did what, or what not, where and where not, hmmm ... What if she is right, how devastating will the impact be on him? As far as I know they were, and I believe are still friends regardless of her attacks on him but there are times when one has to defend one's integrity and put it before friendship. There are a lot of questions about why there's a reciprocating provocation between him and her (Read more ...) 

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Attempt to Intimidate and Muzzle Eddie Stanley for Exposing Victor Foh's Blunders in APC-NA

Calls made overseas negotiating newspaper editors not to publish Mr. Stanley's articles seem stripped admission of guilt. Whosever called from Canada or America to Sierra Leone to advocate against the publication of articles reproving the disruptive political conduct of Mr. Victor Foh is a shady political flatterer who seems to be getting pleasure from the old grubby tricks of the APC party. (Read more ...)

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President Koroma to visit China

The Government of the Republic of China has extended an invitation to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, for a six day visit from the 24th to the 30 May this year. The purpose of the visit is to discuss the bilateral relationship between the two countries and also to strengthen the relationship between the Republic of China and Sierra Leone (Read more ...)

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Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and Rebranding Sierra Leone

Continuing from my last article "Free Legal Aid" I have decided to focus on SLAJ as I expect SLAJ to look at laws before they are passed in parliament. SLAJ should be active in lobbying the government to practice good governance and not compromise their objectives by seeking financial favours (Read more ...)

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Part 3: Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Idriss Kamara, Do you want to take the National Chairmanship from Mr. Osman T. Conteh?

Chairman Conteh did not exhibit any deliberate misrepresentation of facts as stated by Idriss Kamara, which statement is aimed at smudging Mr. Conteh's good name. But if that is the true case, what will Idrissa benefit from damaging the good image of Mr. Conteh - North America APC National Chairman? Garbage in should equal to garbage out if emptied by the same person who muddled it (Read more ...)

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 BBC World Service Trust, Freetown, Sierra Leone Vacancy

Audience Research Executive: The BBC World Service Trust is the international development charity of the BBC, created to reduce poverty in developing countries through the use of the media. The Trust is currently recruiting an experienced researcher to support our London-based Research Manager in the implementation of formative and impact evaluation for our work in Sierra Leone (Read more ...)

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5 May, 2009
Sierra Express

Hope Micro in the Rescue of the Poor

Hope Micro Sierra Leone, a local Micro Finance institution in the country currently sets the pace for the alleviation of poverty in the country by the provision of sustainable financial services for various shades of poor people in the country at the lowest cost. (Read more ...)

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