Musician of the Week: Prince Fornah

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 […]

Read More

Africa is under represented at the Security Council” Chinese Envoy tells Ambassador Bangali

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

Read More

KPMG West Africa New Head Is Nii Amanor Dodoo

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 […]

Read More

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister assesses outcome of China visit

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 […]

Read More

Yang Jiechi Meets with Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister

On November 6, 2013, State Councilor Yang Jiechi met in Beijing with visiting Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara. Yang Jiechi expressed that China-Sierra Leone relations have developed smoothly since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries 42 years ago, and have gathered good momentum in the recent years. China is ready […]

Read More

Journalists Released After 19 Days in Detention

After 19 days of prison detention, Managing Editor and Editor of the Independent Observer newspaper Messers, Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay were granted bail on November 4, 2013 by a Freetown-Based High Court. The granting of bail to the journalists followed a series of joint protests and appeals by the MFWA and Sierra Leone […]

Read More

Sierra Leone News: UNHCR close gap for refugees in 2014

The UNHCR Representative in Sierra Leone Mr. Jean Bosco Rushatsi, together with the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) Programme Manager of the Unit for refugee affairs, Mr. Mohamed Usman Koroma. paid an official visit to the Southern region en route to Kenema to sensitize refugees in the East on the projected funding situation for […]

Read More

China, Sierra Leone agree to advance ties

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met Wednesday with visiting Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Samura Kamara and the two sides agree to work for closer relations. Yang said China and Sierra Leone have maintain good relations since the two countries established diplomatic relations 42 years ago, and that bilateral relations have been particularly warm in recent years. China […]

Read More

Sierra Leone: Mark Doyle Subscribes to the Oath of Allegiance As Sierra Leonean

Christopher Mark Doyle subscribes to the oath of allegiance as a citizen of Sierra Leone through Naturalization. The ceremony took place at the State Lodge, Hill Station, Freetown. President Koroma called on him to take the message of the new Sierra Leone far and wide, although he was not expecting him to act now as […]

Read More

Sierra Leone Musicians Union PRO Calls for Unity

The public relation officer of the Sierra Leone Musicians Union, Mr. William Taylor, also popularly known as Willo-Wise in a recent interview with our reporter said that the issues surrounding the development of musicians who are expected to benefit immensely from their products needs an address and that he is calling on all musicians to […]

Read More