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August 2015

As many other African countries, Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing has been a major challenge facing Sierra Leone’s fisheries sector, thereby depriving the country of much needed revenue for development activities. In an effort to

Freetown, Aug. 25, 015 (SLENA) - The Fourah Bay Community Abdul Karim Kamara (AKK) Foundation has been officially launched by Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation and Senior Community Member Madam Madina Rahman at a

STORY HIGHLIGHTS After years of struggle, Kenya’s national utility has found a way to bring electricity to the country’s poorest neighborhoods. Using a community-based approach, Kenya Power has gone from 5,000 households connected under its informal settlements

(Dubai; August 24, 2015): Talem Africa (Talem), the Africa-focused company head-quartered in Dubai (the United Arab Emirates), has bought 100% of the shares of Silver Food, the largest fish canning facility in Morocco, and its

Magburaka, 18 August 2015 - Kadiatu Sankoh, Sawunatu Kaikai, and Ousman Koroma make their way along the windy paths of Magburuka town in Tonkolili District spreading their lifesaving messages. The three social mobilizers from the

Sierra Leonean USA base Midfielder Israel Sesay feels his fitness level is fast improving after playing his second match for Las Vegas Ledgend in the the Professional soccer League on Saturday after a month on

Report from the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Football Association(SLFA), has it that Leone Stars caretaker coach Sellas Teteh has invited 8 overseas-based professionals for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory

I’m taking a break from my letter to the President, as a result of a few responses and comments on the two I have written. I promise to continue later. For the umpteenth time and the

It is now crystal clear that the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has become notoriously violent with party youths misbehaving with impunity. Stones, bottles, sticks and other dangerous light weapons now form part of SLPP

My political experience in Sierra Leone has taught me the lesson that many political crowds are not genuine. A politician will make a big mistake to trust hundred percent the crowd that hail him or

Even though the Sierra Leone Industrial Court has done great justice by ordering the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) to pay off the 180 redundant workers who dragged the institution to court, the workers are

Investigation carried out by Sierra Express Media has revealed that the jurors who are playing a significant role in the dispensation of justice in Sierra Leone have been going without pay since 1994. According to information

Many simple wits refer to politics as a game. True, it is a game but not like a football or volley ball game that requires only physical exercise and proper reflex. Because politics is all

The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL), Alphonse Willy Ngana (in photo), has handed over a consignment of sanitation materials to the Wellington community during a colorful ceremony on Saturday, August 22nd,

Reliable sources reaching this press states that The Guinean Ebola Ring Vaccine Trial has been extended to Sierra Leone as a move to stop the transmission across the region, our report confirms. (Photo: Focal Lead