Drizilik, a renowned Sierra Leone music star, has recently launched a new website named, ‘Drizilik.com’ ahead of the release of his album ‘Ashobi’. The website consists of video gallery of music sensation, online store for custom merchandise and a newsletter. According to Drizilik, the website is a one-stop hub where Sierra Leone music fans could...Read More
Jane Barlow/PA Images/PA Images/Getty ImagesBy Sophie McEvoy After seven years of intense pressure from his family and campaigners, hearings into the 2015 death are finally taking place. Five years before George Floyd’s murder, 31-year-old Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by police in Scotland in 2015. In what has been described as a racially-motivated use of force...Read More
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them President Julius Maada Bio with Åsa Regnér (left), deputy executive director of UN Women, and Oulimata Sarr, regional director of UN Women West and Central Africa at State House, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photograph: Courtesy of Office of Presidency. Ministers...Read More
A non-profitable organization, Christian Aid Sierra Leone (CASL) on Wednesday, July 6,2022, commenced 3-day interactive sessions for its regional members to enhance COVID-19 vaccination in Africa and to provide a platform for members to learn from each other. The dialogue which is titled; “Vaccine Campaign Link and Learning Convening with Christian Aid Offices” will end...Read More
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Sierra Leone and Camões Institute for Cooperation and Language of Portugal for the implementation of the ‘Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security’ (SWAIMS) programme was signed on Tuesday at a ceremony at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development in Freetown and by videoconference with...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Parliament has recorded an increase in absenteeism of its members, it was recorded that nearly a quarter which accounted to 24%, (35 Members Parliament) did not attend half of the 14 sittings between January and March 2022, according to the second edition of Parliamentary Performance Tracker done by the Institute of Governance Reform...Read More
As a way of preventing and addressing incidences of corruption in the public service, the North-West Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Friday, June 30, 2022, urged staff of the Ministry of Lands and Country Planning in Port Loko City to enhance best practices and uphold integrity in the exercise of their functions and...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Deputy Minister of Finance 1, Sheku Bangura and Head of Development Coorporation, Gerald Hatler The Ministry of Finance with support from the European Union (EU) on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, launched the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) and Gender Responsive Public Financial Management (PFM) Assessment 2021 Report in Freetown. The...Read More
By George M.O. Williams A non-profitable organization, Rotary Club of Freetown, on Friday July 1, 2022, unveiled its new president and officers at an annual event held in Freetown. The object of Rotary Clubs is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and to encourage and foster the...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu Development partners on Monday, July 4, 2022, held discussion with the Board of the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) on a range of critical national issues, including the high number of invalid votes in the just concluded Parliamentary and Local Council by-elections. They also exchanged views on voter registration and boundary...Read More
