UN Photo/Martine Perret An estimated 33% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province have experienced child trafficking, and 36% have experienced child labor, according to a new collaborative report from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia. The report—Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Sierra...Read More

H.E Ambassador Hu Zhangliang and the Minister of Sport turning the sod for the rehabilitation of the Siaka Stevens stadium  A China-aided national stadium rehabilitation project in Sierra Leone was officially handed to a Chinese construction company Friday. The project contracted by China’s Gansu Construction Investment Holding Group Limited is set to officially commence in...Read More

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in collaboration with its partners has set a target of reaching 70% of the general population with COVID-19 vaccines.  This was made know at a 5 day microplanning exercise organized by the Africa Centers for Disease, Prevention and Control (CDC) at the Golden Tulip on Friday. In his...Read More

The Guma Valley Water Company on Saturday, February 26, 2022 concluded a two-day retreat at the Guma main dam at Regent outside the capital Freetown. The theme for this year’s retreat is “Creating a sustainable Water Supply Service in the Western Area”. Declaring the retreat open, the Minister of Water Resources, Ing. Philip Lansana said...Read More

Di Maria A. Koroma popularly known as Ria, is representing Sierra Leone in a beauty pageant titled: ‘Miss Africa Golden Beauty Pageant’ in Nigeria. The show  will run from Friday, February 25 to Saturday, March 5, 2022 in Lagos. Miss African Golden is a Pageant which aims at helping people around Africa to get better...Read More

Honourable Justice Komba Kamanda has vacated the injunctive reliefs granted by Hon. Justice Samuel O. M Taylor (JA) against conducting the Paramount Chieftaincy Election of Neya Chiefdom, Falaba District in the northern province of Sierra Leone. “In view of what I have said, the injunctive reliefs granted in the instant matter is a nonstarter.  In...Read More

The New Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority [SLRSA] Reverend Smart K. Senesie on Friday, February 25, 2022 drastically reduced the cost of motor riders license  from  Le700,000 to Le380,000 with immediate effect. This action by the Executive Director was in response to an appeal made by Executive members of Motor Bike...Read More