The European Union Delegation in collaboration with Innovation SL, on Wednesday, organized a Pitch Night to hear from entrepreneurs sustainable commercial solutions to Sierra Leone’s single-use plastic problem. The event which was held at the office of the European Union Delegation at Leicester Peak in Freetown was part of EU Climate Diplomacy Week and EU...Read More
With schools reopening for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Public Education and Outreach unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission office in Kono district, has begun one of its major outreach programs – Meet-the-School campaign. The unit on 13th October 2020 met with teachers and pupils of Dawa Islamic Secondary School at Koakoyima, Koidu City, to discuss...Read More
The Sierra Leone Archery Association in partnership with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sierra Leone and the Development of National Sports Structure (DNSS) for Archery recently presented certificates to 19 participants of the online Level 1 coaching, Ardel, and Practical courses. According to a press release issues by the National Olympic Committee, each of...Read More
Just a few days after losing to Mauritania in a 2-1 friendly match at the Stade Cheikha Boydie, Nouakchott Mauritania on Friday, Leone Stars suffered another 1-0 defeat on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey with spectators for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Both matches are part of...Read More
The Director of National Budget in the Ministry of Finance Mr. Tasima Jah has assured the Ministry of Internal Affairs that his Ministry is committed to the construction of a new correction centre that will replace the overcrowded Freetown Male Correctional Centre at Pademba Road in Freetown. He made this disclosure during the ongoing budget...Read More
Ibrahim Barrie, the Secretary-General of the Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union, at Peace Market Ferry Junction in the east of Freetown, has appealed to the Government of Sierra Leone to reopen the borders with Guinea. Speaking to Premier News on Tuesday, Barrie said that the border closure has caused joblessness among drivers, putting...Read More
Skills Development Fund Secretariat is setting up Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), Committees in Kailahun and Kenema in the eastern region of Sierra Leone. This is as a result of proposals received for funding from Government Technical Institutions (GTIs), businesses and industry stakeholders, as part of the First Call for Concept Notes; owing to the fact...Read More
The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has in a press release dated Wednesday, October 14, 2020, stated that reports of Sierra Leoneans being harassed and molested in Conakry are false and deliberate. The release further stated that the Sierra Leone’s embassy in Conakry in collaboration with the Sierra...Read More
The National Coordinator of Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF), Mohammed S. Conteh has on Thursday, October 8, 2020, said that in the interest of Social Justice Leaders must ensure not only the equal treatment of equals but, also the unequal treatment of unequal. He made the comment while he spoke on...Read More
Thetechnical team representing the Ministry of Finance has on Tuesday October 13, 2020, observed that there were abnormalities in the budget presented by the Sierra Leone Cable Network (SALCAB) at the ongoing budget hearing held at the conference room of the Accountant General’s Administrative Building in Freetown. The team observed that there were inconsistencies in...Read More
