UNDP Sierra Leone/ Desmonda Aminata Cole UNDP Sierra Leone has started the nationwide distribution of solar freezers to almost 200 women’s groups across the country, in a bid to support their economic empowerment and improve their livelihoods. The women who grapple with energy supply to store their fish, can now do so with solar freezers for longer...Read More
In a bold step towards enhancing sports development in Sierra Leone, the Hon. Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, accompanied by Senior Sports Development Officer Momodu Alpha, paid a visit to the Cuban Ambassador at her embassy on Juba Hills in Freetown. The purpose of the visit was to present a detailed proposal outlining areas...Read More
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has proudly announced that it has successfully completed the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) MA Course for Youth Referees in Bo City. The course was concluded on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024. Thirty-five young boys and girls from across the nation, all eager to advance their skills and knowledge...Read More
The National Cooperative Credit Union Association (NaCCUA)-Sierra Leone, the Department of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Bank of Sierra Leone on Friday 21st June 2024 signed two Memorandums of Understandings (MoUs) to regulate the effective operations of Credit Unions (CUs) in the country. The signing ceremony took place at the...Read More
The journey to the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will resume with the draw for the Qualifiers on Thursday, 04 July 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The draw will be conducted at SuperSport studios in South Africa at 14h30 local time (15h30 Cairo time, 12h30 GMT). Forty-Eight nations, including the four winners...Read More
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, and his team on Wednesday, 19th June 2024, visited the Chinese Embassy in Freetown as part of their tireless drive to see sports grow in Sierra Leone. The move was to woo the Chinese Embassy into ascribing to the need to...Read More
BY SANIYA SAKENOVA in BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL on 21 JUNE 2024 ASTANA – Kazakhstan has transferred digital components of its e-government to Sierra Leone through grant assistance from the Kazakhstan Agency for International Development (KazAID) at the Sierra Leone Innovates 2024 summit, which took place from June 11 to 13 in Freetown. Photo credit: KazAID The export of Kazakh IT solutions resulted...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has on Thursday, June 20th, 2024 conducted a training for over 20 Journalists in Freetown at the Peace Museum. The purpose of the training was to provide journalists with the required knowledge and skill to report stories with a focus on their human...Read More
Vienna, Austria, 24 June 2024 – The Government of Sierra Leone and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) will partner to boost the country’s socioeconomic development. This was part of the discussion between the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, and IsDB Group Chairman, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser. The meeting took place in the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker on Friday June 21st 2024 ordered that Issa Sall a foreign exchange businessman be remanded at the Pademba Road court No: 3 for allegedly obtaining over US $ 10, 000 from Mohamed Kajalee Sall on the pretext that he would facilitate his traveling to Australia. The accused was...Read More
