Culled from the SIERRA EXPRESS : The Africa-America Institute (AAI) proud distinguished Alumna who bagged the AAI 2011 September Award, daughter of the beautiful soil and vegetation of Sierra Leone, Zainab Hawa Bangura continues to champion the cause of women, making the world a better place for them, putting Sierra Leone in the limelight. Zainab […]...
President Ernest Bai Koroma’s fascinating infrastructural developments in Sierra Leone continue unabated and the Head of State is in the Southern Regional capital of Bo today to commission a new majestic stadium . WE WILL BRING YOU THE FULL STORY LATER TODAY © 2014, COCORIOKO. All rights reserved. – Discuss this and other […]...
Globally, We Walk Tall Because of You – Judge Tells President KoromaBy State House Communications UnitThe Sierra Leone Institute of International Law (SLIIL) has said the leadership style of President Ernest Bai Koroma makes Sierra Leoneans to “walk tall with their heads held high in global corridors of justice and human rights”. JUDGE KOROMA HANDING […]...
[Concord]Four accused persons were yesterday remanded at the maximum security prison on Pademba Road by Magistrate Komba Kamanda for allegedly clearing forest land at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Regent village, without lawful authority....
[Concord]Two university students - Adi Nyanga Brima and Betty Feimata Brima - who accuse a group of police personnel of beating and molesting them, have appealed for justice, apparently because officers of the Complaint, Discipline and Internal Investigation Department (CDIID) of the Sierra Leone Police, have been reticent to fast track the matter, more than three months after the incident happened...
[Concord]Principal State Prosecutor, Gerald Soyie, yesterday applied for the court martial trial of fourteen alleged mutinous soldiers to continue uninterrupted despite the absence of defense counsels, noting that "Justice is a double edged sword in that when the prosecution appears to waste time, the defense usually makes explosive application to discharge the accused person."...
[Concord]As the constitution of the Union demands, the Sierra Leone Teachers' Union, SLTU, has elected Mr. Mohamed Sallue Bangura, Principal of Sierra Leone Muslim Congress Senior Secondary, as president for the next four years. His presidency was affirmed at the Union's 5th National Quadrennial Delegate Conference (NQDC) at the British Council Auditorium on 18 April 2014, after defeating Mr. Joseph...
[Concord]Mr. Xu Zhou, Spokesman of the Chinese Embassy Announced in Freetown On Wednesday, 23 April, That China Will Donate Medical Materials to Support Sierra Leone in the Prevention of the Ebola Disease....
[Concord]Lead defense lawyer for the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party, SLPP, Hon. Dr. Bu-Buakie Jabbie, yesterday objected to the originating notice of motion filled by applicants, Ali Bangura and others, in the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, presided by Justice Valicious Thomas, Justice Adeliza Showers and Justice Patrick Hamilton, in respect of a petition by Ambassador Ali Bangura and team...
[Concord]As part of their 62nd anniversary celebrations, National Secretary-General of the Kenema Old Students' Association, KOSA, has disclosed that the alumni association would dish out Le.7m to outstanding teachers and pupils who got the best results in the Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, and other related exams....
[Concord]In a bid to accomplish the 'Agenda for Prosperity' in the agricultural sector, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security has concluded a three-day training workshop for thirty-six rural women farmers in food preparation, utilisation and preservation in Kakua Chiefdom, Bo District....
[Sierra Leone Government]The general public is invited to apply for Fellowships to implement innovative social enterprise business programmes in Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda and Sierra Leone....
[Concord]One term Member of Parliament and deputy Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Peoples Congress, APC, has apologised for his recent call for an 'extra time' for the presidency of President Ernest Bai Koroma, a development that has generated a lot of controversy and reproach among Sierra Leoneans....
[Dalsan Radio]Sierra Leone is demonstrating that it understands the important role women can play as peacekeepers. Half of the 50 Sierra Leone military personnel participating in a recent workshop by USIP on negotiations and communication in peacekeeping were women, an important development considering the unit will be deployed in Somalia....
The ruling All People’s Congress (APC ) suffered another shocking bereavement today when the Resident Minister ( Eastern Region ), Hon. William Juana Smith, passed away. Mr. Smith died at the Choitram’s Hospital, Freetown. He was 70 years old. Mr. Juana Smith was one of the faithful veterans of the APC vanguard , a […]...
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : Every time I take a philosophical and commonsensical look at some of the happenings at the National Social Security Insurance Trust Fund (NASSIT), I realize that the only way an educated person in Sierra Leone could have a financially secured future is for that person to invest his […]...
[Concord]15 landowners have been reportedly arrested in the Sahn Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun district, for allegedly preventing SOCFIN vehicles, machinery and workers from accessing the main road to the chiefdom headquarters town....
[Concord]The Sierra Leone national U-20, Shooting Stars, will today (Wednesday) travel by road to Conakry, Guinea, ahead of their second-leg encounter in the preliminary round of the Africa Youth Championship....
[Concord]A set of Sierra Leonean runners are scheduled to take part in the annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, slated for 24th - 27th April 2014....
[Concord]Kent Cricket Club has launched a short documentary to raise awareness of cricket in Sierra Leone and their cricket in the community projects that are playing a vital role in bringing hope and rebuilding lives of the young people of this war weary nation....