Application Deadline: Friday 3rd January 2025. Start Date: February 2025 Work Area: Freetown, Sierra Leone. Employer: The Freetown City Council Application Instructions: submit CV and Cover Letter to ollinschris12@gmail.com or in person – Address to Collins C. Pearce – Deputy Education Officer 1 @17 Wallace Johnson Street, with “Early Childhood/ Nursery Head Teacher” in subject...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of Iceland officially signed the second phase of their partnership aimed at improving access to Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in Sierra Leone. This initiative seeks to significantly enhance access to climate-resilient water, sanitation,...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The annual Political Partnership Dialogue between the Government of Sierra Leone, GoSL, and the European Union (EU) took place on Tuesday at State House in Freetown, according to a joint communique by the GoSL and EU. The session was chaired by President Dr. Julius Maada Bio and attended by ministers and...Read More
Appeals court judge Hon. Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, sentenced a coup plotter George Adams to 75 years in prison. Hon.Justice Momoh-Jah Steven found the accused George Adams guilty of the offense of treason, misprision of treason, and murder of a correctional service officer Isaac Johnson during an attempted coup on September...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The National Public Health Agency (NPHA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) have announced that all 290 contacts of a suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) case in Kono have completed the 21-day observation period without displaying any signs or symptoms of the illness. In addition, contacts from the Western Area have...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The press freedom champion, President Julius Maada Bio, in a remarkable gesture reaffirming his administration’s commitment to press freedom and media development, announced on Tuesday that his government will increase subvention to the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) from 750 million to 2.5 billion old Leones in 2025. He made...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, Sierra Leone – President Julius Maada Bio on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, officially launched a comprehensive Civic Education Strategy, emphasizing its role in fostering national cohesion and development. The strategy was launched while he was opening the Salone Civic Festival 2024, held at the Miatta Conference Center, Youyi Building in...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura On Friday, December 6, 2024, Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts (BAMPA), in collaboration with Saint Augustine’s Church and Just France, hosted a heartwarming event, “Birth of a Savior” to celebrate Christmas. Held at Saint Augustine’s Church at Hill Station, Freetown, the evening brought the community together to celebrate the...Read More
By Jody Ray Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports. On a humid March morning this year, police officers came to the scenic Hill Station neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone to evict civil servants living in historic board houses. The government had...Read More
By Jariatu S. Bangura In a bid to uphold transparency and integrity in operations, Freetown Terminal, one of Sierra Leone’s key shipping and logistics hubs, has rolled out a robust campaign that is aimed at eradicating corruption among its staff. The initiative was announced at the commemoration of World International Anti-Corruption Day at the terminal’s...Read More
