Koninga inspecting a rat trap at a house in Mapuma village outside Kenema. Koninga is part of a group of researchers studying Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to several West African countries and transmitted by rodents. — AFP RUMMAGING in the darkness of a tiny mud and thatch home in eastern Sierra Leone,...Read More
By Bankolay Theodore Turay – The Conversation TUE, 20 AUG 2024 LISTEN Bora – a type of thank you gift – is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be able to farm on their land. But bora has changed...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Ministry of Trade and Industry has closed 10 shops that were engaged in the selling of substandard iron rods, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Fatmata Kargbo told a regular news conference in Freetown that the government has implemented mechanisms requiring importers to...Read More
By George M. O. Williams The Deputy Director of Housing of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, Abu Bakarr Jalloh on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, told Premier News that the enforcement of building regulations is constrained by a lack of manpower, equipment, and financial resources, hostility against law enforcement officers, and interference by...Read More
Isha S.Y. Sumah, a 20-year-old university student, has always had a strong desire to make a difference in her community. Growing up in a society where gender inequality and violence against women and girls were rampant, she witnessed firsthand the suffering of women abused by their husbands, often with no consequences for the perpetrators. These...Read More
A Commentary By Alimamy Lahai Kamara It was at the City Council Auditorium! A conversation on sexual and gender-based violence unseen anywhere in Sierra Leone in the last 15 years! Those who hold expertise in the subject-matter, those who are at the frontline of gender activism, those who initiate policies and formulate laws related to...Read More
The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) in collaboration with the Medical and Dental Council and Sierra Leone Nurses and Midwives Council has conducted raids on illegal clinics, quack doctors, and drug peddlers in Kono District. It is to be noted that a few weeks ago, the Office of National Security alerted the Pharmacy Board...Read More
With the imminent threat of Mpox in the African region, Health Authorities in Sierra Leone have said that there is no recorded or confirmed case of Mpox in the country. This was revealed at a Press Briefing organized for Journalists in Freetown on Tuesday 20th August. Executive Director at the National Public Health Agency (NPHA),...Read More
In a significant development at the Kambia Magistrate Court, Magistrate George B. Samai has committed the cases of manslaughter, relating to the deaths of Kadiatu Bangura and Salamatu Jalloh in Bondo society bushes of Kabailor and Bubuya Villages, to the High Court. During his ruling, Magistrate Samai noted that all accused persons had been charged...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Leone Stars Head Coach Amidu Karim Ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers, Amidu Karim the Head Coach of the Senior Male National Football Team of Sierra Leone, Leone has told Premier News that Sierra Leone’s qualification to the AFCON lies in her ability to win all home matches,...Read More
