Thirty-two survivors of obstetric fistula who successfully underwent surgery at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre [AWC] with funding support from the Government of Iceland through UNFPA were on Friday, April 22, 2022 reunited with their families. In a brief discharge ceremony of the first set of 19 women at the Centre in Freetown, Deputy Representative of...Read More
Behaviour of the public, following the collision, was a major contributing factor to the scale and seriousness of the Wellington petrol tanker fire disaster of November 5, 2021 which left at least 154 people dead, according to the findings of the Task Force which was set up by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Friday, April 29, 2022 engaged development partners in Committee Room One, Parliament Building in Freetown. In her welcome address, the Deputy Director of the Department for Programmes, Research, and Partnership, Nancy Jalloh on behalf of management and her department, explained the role and functions of Parliament, in light of...Read More
A man from Sierra Leone has been charged with stabbing his wife to death before setting fire to their home, a court has heard. Amidu Koroma, 47, is accused of murdering Mariam Kamara, 46, at a property in Railton Road, Brixton, south London. The stabbing and fire happened at a property in Railton Road, Brixton, south...Read More
As part of their social corporate responsibility, Orange Sierra Leone on Friday, April 29, 2022 donated food items to four mosques within Calton and Thompson bay community, as part of its Ramadan iftar support. Speaking while handing over the donation, CSR Manager Mr. Kamel Abass, said that it is part of their corporate social responsibility...Read More
The Society for Women & AIDS in Africa Sierra Leone (SWAASL) on Friday April 29, 2022, engaged philanthropist, Barbara Robinson who had supported and provided funds for their course on sustainable livelihood projects for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The President of SWAASL, Monica Greene said that they appreciate the strides made by Barbara Robinson in...Read More
The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) has condemned the arbitrary arrest of teachers for voicing out their concerns relating to their poor condition of service. “The Sierra Leone Bar Association (herein after known as the “SLBA”) notes with serious concern the arrest of some Teachers by the Sierra Leone Police to wit: Mr. Mohamed...Read More
As a way of celebrating Sierra Leone’s 61st Independence anniversary, a nonprofit and nonpolitical organization, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 gave food items to hundreds of Muslims within the Bombay Street and its environs, as a way of helping Muslims during the month of Ramadan as iffer. Mr. Samuel D. Balley, Secretary-General of White Ose...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday April 26, 2022, commissioned 15 China-Aid water bowers for the supply of water in the capital city Freetown and two fire engines for the Lungi International Airport. Minister of Water Resources, Ing. Philip Karimu Lansana, expressed delight and thanked the President for his caring leadership and...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday April 26, 2022 commissioned a US$22 million All Petroleum Product (SL) Ltd (APP), facility east of Freetown. The President said the facility will boost the mainstream sector of the petroleum industry in the country. Chief Executive Officer of APP, Philip Oshotse, said he was gratified to see the...Read More
