Foreign Exchange

Hotels - Freetown

Mining

Shipping

Travel

Freetown Weather

September 2010
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
« Aug
	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

Latest Editorial Headlines

ACC and its Public Perception

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) established by an Act of Parliament in February 2002 amended in 2008 to help fight all forms of corruption in the country should now be thinking of an option to conduct a public perception survey since Sierra Leone happens to be the eighth country in the world to sign and [...]

Sierra Leone is no longer a war-torn country

The word ‘war-torn’ has been the major reason for investors and tourists turning their backs on Sierra Leone. The decision by the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma instructing the Minister of foreign affairs minister, Haja Zainab Bangura to inform the international community that Sierra Leone was no longer a war-torn country was a step in [...]

Development: Ernest Vs Kabbah

As much as not all would not want to agree with the fact that the Koroma government has succeeded in satisfying the expectations of the vast masses of Sierra Leoneans, one cannot also divorce the truth that it has not made the difference that was not their in recent past regimes. We are well into [...]

Opening old wounds is no answer

When the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) came up with the idea of an inquest on the death of Bambay Kamara and others, killed during the junta reign of the NPRC; Sierra Express had always known that whoever might be pulling the strings in the resurrection of such dead stories was doing so in the [...]

ACC, â€˜independent expertâ€™ & investigation in the public domain

I must start off by again, commending President Koroma for making the ACC independent. He has demonstrated some qualities many failed to demonstrate as leaders of this country. But a word of caution fort the ACC; when President Ernest Bai Koroma allowed the ACC to have prosecutorial powers, thus making it independent of even the [...]

Governance and Thuggery

Ever since independence in 1961, the politics of Sierra Leone as a nation has invariably been characterized by various forms of political thuggery; state sponsored secret killings-used as a weapon of intimidation and the consolidation of political power. When the phenomenon of eliminating political opponents started in the 60s through the 80s under the reign [...]

That â€˜Okadaâ€™ Riders Demo

In as much as Okada riders (bike riders) are clamoring for freedom to ply the streets of Freetown, they must also know that it does not warrant them to ride recklessly as such that it might eventually lead to putting the lives of other road users on the road at risk. However, it is vital [...]

The Enduring Uniqueness in Star Beer

Many of us who had interest in the recent series of attacks on the long and venerated character of one of Sierra Leones finest and locally brewed products-Star Beer, perplexity and confoundedness overtook us due to the alarmist and hysterical approach that was instituted to ensuring that the long earned good-name of the product is [...]

Corporate plot to sink African Minerals

Everywhere in the world where big cooperate institutions exist and want to strive, often at the expense of rival institutions, there is bound to be what is termed as corporate war that is most times fought with what ever available weapon ranging from blackmail, deplorable and senseless media stunts and often crude and physical frontal [...]

Counting Our Blessings with African Minerals

“You cannot light a lamp and hide it under a basket”, so stated Jesus Christ, the greatest man that once walked the face of the earth. This implies that you cannot get a good thing but not show appreciation for it. One good thing that has happened to Sierra Leone as a State and as [...]

Search This Site