A former Commissioner of the Independent Media Commission (IMC), Alhaji Dauda Musa Bangura, has strongly warned youths not to allow themselves being misused by politicians for their own personal gains. He gave this advice when he spoke as a guest speaker, during a two- day International Youth Empowerment Summit. The former IMC Commissioner gave the...Read More
The Vice President of Sierra Leone Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has called on Miss Europe 2020 Larra Jalloh to promote Sierra Leone’s image in and outside Europe. Vice President Jalloh informed the Sierra Leonean born Miss Europe 2020 about her role in promoting the country’s beauty, culture, and tourism sector to the outside world. The...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba presiding at Magistrate Court No.1 on Pademba Road in Freetown, has on Tuesday January 19, 2021 remanded Alhaji Abdul Barrie and Mama Barrie. The two are alleged to have recruited and trafficked people from Guinea to Sierra Leone by fraud. The accused persons are answering to twelve charges, ranging from conspiracy to...Read More
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) on their State of Human Rights Report 2019, has observed that four hearing and speech impaired (deaf and dumb) pupils at the Vine Memorial Secondary School have no sign language interpreter to assist them in learning. It is also captured in the Report that when its monitors...Read More
Freetown – January 16, 2021 (KMN) Helen Keller International (HKI) has trained members of the Kombra Network (KN) as part of the preparation for an upcoming campaign against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The campaign which entails mass drug distribution is scheduled for February and targeting people in four districts. NTDs are viral, parasitic and bacterial...Read More
Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone in collaboration with Speak Up Africa will hold its first Malaria and Health awards on January 22, 2021 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. The award ceremony is part of effort to recognize journalists who have done so much in educating communities about Malaria and to also recognize...Read More
The Centre for Memory and Reparation has on Monday, January 18, 2021, observed a day of national reconciliation by showing a movie depicting the true-life experience of the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone. The Centre for Memory is a Think Tank established to facilitate remembrance and generating a common narrative for victims...Read More
Sources close to the Ross Road Police Station have revealed that a 22-year-old woman, Adamsay Fofanah, formerly of no 27 Effort Lane, Cline Town, Freetown, was found dead in her room in the early hours of Friday, December 18th, 2020. She herself is reasonably suspected to have ended her life. According to Issa Conteh, husband...Read More
Late December 2020, a five man delegation departed Sierra Leone to attend a seminar in Guinea on how to empower girls and women through sports. Amongt the delegation were Joseph Nyande, NOC Secretary General who led the delegation; Pamela Williams, president of Women and Sports Commission in Sierra Leone; Elizabeth French Secretary, General of the...Read More
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone (PFSL) has on Sunday January 17, 2021, inaugurated its newly elected executive members who would be managing its affairs. The ceremony which was held at the Harvest Intercontinental Cathedral in Freetown was graced by Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio. PFSL is the administrative body that regulates the...Read More
