In response to numerous complaints and concerns from parents and the public relating to illegal charges and other forms of extortion, the north-west regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, engaged heads of secondary and primary schools in Kambia. Addressing school administrators at the Kambia Islamic Secondary School, the Regional...Read More
The National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) recorded a total of 20,491 deaths for the entire year of 2020. Based on the available data, this means that only about 22% of all deaths were recorded by the NCRA nationwide, leaving the majority of those who died in 2020 unrecorded in the official databases, and the causes...Read More
People find it easy to speak about people with disabilities, or about people who are different than the majority. But has anyone ever wondered how it feels to be born differently and to be subject to discrimination and marginalization? Hamid Mo Kamara is a Senior Counsellor and Psychosocial Therapist and cofounder of the Sierra Leone...Read More
The President of the Association of the National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf, has communicated that the government of Russian has promised 10,000 x 2 Vaccines for African Athletes & Officials that will be participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July this year. In a special message across Africa, he noted:...Read More
The para-athletes in Sierra Leone have resumed effective training for the Para Athletics qualification in Tunisia which is scheduled from the 14th – 21st March 2021. Only athletes who qualify will take part in the Tokyo games. According to the media department of Para Athletics, the official training which started on Monday February 22, 2021,...Read More
Frequent breakdowns and the high incidence of the ferries going aground or drifting into the Atlantic Ocean, have made passengers plying the Freetown-Tagrin route very wary about their safety, causing them to blame management of the ferry services. The General Manager of the Great Scarcis ferry and the Mahera Company, Alusine Daramy, told Premier News...Read More
The European Union Ambassador in Sierra Leone, Tom Vens has said that climate change is posing a serious threat to Sierra Leone’s sustainable development trajectory, and called on the media to focus more attention on environmental reporting in order to educate the public about the environmental hazards and its socio-economic impact on local communities. Ambassador...Read More
This is not the first time the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is banning Sierra Leone from using its national venue for International competition because of poor facilities. CAF has informed the Sierra Leone Football Association, that the country’s Capital Stadium lacks adequate facilities. Sierra Leone is to host Benin in their next home game...Read More
Eight young players have been killed and over a dozen wounded on Sunday when a minivan collided with a truck loaded with timber along Makoth and Makarie highway, sources at the Makeni Regional Hospital said Monday. Sources at the hospital said some of the injured have been referred to the Emergency Surgical Centre in Freetown....Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone – The University of Georgia (UGA), the U.S. Department of State, and World Hope International will co-host a virtual Sierra Leone Child Anti-Trafficking program launch event on Tuesday, March 2. This free virtual launch event will detail the results of groundbreaking child trafficking research and a new, impactful program for child trafficking...Read More
