In January 2005, Sierra Leone became a State party to the 1972 Convention and identified, in 2012, in its first Tentative List the sites that could potentially be proposed for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This year, in January 2022, this Tentative List was updated to include Gola-Tiwai complex as the potential site for the country’s...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Relatives of the late Hassan Dumbuya aka Evangelist Samson, who was slayed by security personnel early August, has demanded that his corpse be handed over to them for befitting burial at his hometown in Makeni. Evangelist Samson was an ardent critic of the Bio Administration. His video and audio recordings are...Read More

By: Edward Nathaniel Blake, Public Education Officer ACC-Kenema The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) eastern region office on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, engaged the hospital management of the Kenema Government Hospital on various corruption allegations. The allegations range from the proliferation of the free health care drugs in markets, to the illegal purchase and sale of “plumpy-nuts”...Read More

By: David Yusuf Kabia, Public Relations Assistant, ACC The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala Esq., after delivering the soul touching and inspirational Keynote Address to youths in Makeni at the jam-packed Auditorium on 27th August, 2022,  drove to Magburaka where he had an engagement with eminent personalities of the University Court...Read More

Newly established global estimate on hygiene reveals the risk of disease spread and infections to patients and health care providers 30 AUGUST 2022 | Geneva, New York – Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these...Read More

By Sallies S. Kanu On August 29, 2022, U.S. Ambassador David Reimer joined the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and other dignitaries to congratulate graduates of the Field Epidemiology Training Program, which trains “disease detectives” to investigate outbreaks of disease and find ways to prevent future outbreaks. The 12th cohort of the...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Tuesday, remanded 12 people accused of riotous conducts on August 10. The accused Abubakar Conteh and 5 others were arraigned on two counts of riotous conduct and disorderly behavior contrary to law. According to the particulars of the offences, the accused on...Read More