The Academic Staff Association of the University of Sierra Leone (ASA-USL) has in a press release on Monday January 4, 2021, said that they would resume a strike which it put on hold till December 31, 2020. ASA suspended its industrial action for over two weeks due to appeals from several stakeholders including the USL...Read More

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Faith Healing Agricultural Development farm, Pastor Francis A.M Mambu – has provided 18 solar lights to Yainkassa, Royeama, Madrissa, and Woreh-yeama towns in the Makari Chiefdom, Bombali District. Presenting the already installed solar lights, Pastor Mambu expressed his willingness to change lives beyond preaching the word of God. He told...Read More

Sierra Leone has recorded 1,401 cases of still births across the country of which 821 (59%) were males and 580 (41%) females, according to the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) 2020 report released on Thursday December 31, 2020. According to the report, there were 130,978 live births with a proportion of 57,881 (49%) males and...Read More

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recovered Le5,216,400, which, were funds allocated to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, but some officials of the Ministry used to buy personal high-end gadgets without following proper due process and procedures as per the Public Finance Management Regulations, the ACC said in statement on Monday. According to the COVID-19...Read More

About 70% of Sierra Leonean women are employed in agriculture and women provide 75% of the labor along the food value chain, from production, processing to marketing, according to a 2018 Country Gender Assessment report by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and ECOWAS. Agriculture is the most important sector in the economy of Sierra...Read More

Of the 3,298,626 working age Sierra Leoneans in 2018 only 227,856 contributed to the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), which is the national retirement scheme, according to data published on NASSIT’s website. According to the 2018 Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS), 2,129,972 working age Sierra Leoneans were employed, including those self-employed. This...Read More