Life for Relief and Development (LFR&D) in Partnership with World Medical Relief International, has on Wednesday June 17, 2020, donated medical equipment and supplies to the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex (USLTHC) on the outskirts of Waterloo. The local representative for World Medical Relief International, Haja Mariam Fadika, in her address at the...Read More
Abubakarr Kamara, who had been answering to charges of fraudulent conversion before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road, Freetown was on Thursday June 18, 2020 sentenced to 12 months in prison. He will serve his prison term at the Male Correctional Centre. The court concluded on Saturday April 30, 2020, that Kamara...Read More
Amara Dennis Turay commonly known as Kao Denero, a Sierra Leonean rapper, has been nominated by the 256 Hiphop Awards for the African Rapper of the Year 2020 Award . The award will be organized by the Konnected Foundation Inc. & the Kulture 256, a non-profit corporation based in Uganda which is dedicated to providing opportunities...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone, has received confirmation from Global Partnership for Education (GPE) of “Approval of COVID-19 Accelerated Funding to Support Sierra Leone’s Education Sector.” The Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that “the US$ 7 million grant – effective 25th June,...Read More
Fatmata Cecilia Williams, Councilor of Ward 409 in Constituency 116 at Lower and Upper Portee community in the East of Freetown, has said on Monday June 15, 2020, that the community does not have a properly constructed market structure, no source of water, no good toilet, and also no proper drainage system which has made...Read More
Ishmael Sheik Umar Kebe, the head of Accountant Administration for the Global Salone Property and Investment Company Limited, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 disclosed to Premier News that the company has encouraged home owners to demonstrate ultimate generosity by reducing cost of rent paid by tenants who have been seriously affected by the outbreak...Read More
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) – East, Mr. Thomas Mustapha Lahai has recently met with representatives of three (3) women organizations, AdvocAid Sierra Leone ,Gbotima Development Association and 50-50 Group of the East at his Regional Command Office, Kenema Police Division. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure peace in the Township of...Read More
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has on June 17, 2020, approved a US$100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sierra Leone in promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and building economic resilience. This Development Policy Financing (DPF) supports ongoing reforms to enhance macroeconomic stability, increase...Read More
For many around the world, COVID-19 is a first experience of an pandemic. For the people of Sierra Leone, there is spectral familiarity to what is unfolding in the country. With the outbreak of Ebola in May 2014, about 4000 people lost their lives to the deadly virus. The effect was far-reaching. The economy was...Read More
Orange Sierra Leone has on Tuesday June 16, 2020, collaborated with Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (SLCCIA) and fed 100 quarantined homes within the country with food items such as rice, onions, Maggie and cooking oil. The feeding of the homes was in response to the call of SLCCIA who had requested...Read More
