By Fatima Kpaka In a landmark development, Sierra Leone’s Parliament has on Thursday, July 11, 2024, ratified a Concession Agreement with Gento Group of Companies for the design, financing, construction and operationalization of a modern seaport project. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the country’s infrastructure development and economic growth strategy. The project, located...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex (USLTHC) has on Thursday, July 11, 2024, handed over a cutting-edge Tissue Processor Machine donated by the American Society of Clinical Pathology to the histopathology department of Connaught Hospital. A Tissue Processor Machine is a critical piece of histopathology and pathology laboratories, designed...Read More
Ibrahim D. Antar Clarifies “My attention has been drawn to a recent press statement issued by the Minister of Information and Civic Education regarding the arrest of certain persons including an individual named Hussain Antar on certain egregious allegations,” said Ibrahim D. Antar, commonly known as Hussein in a statement he put out on Saturday. ...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Security forces in Sierra Leone have confiscatedvarious bomb-making materials, including 12.5 kg empty gas cylinders, High-grade TNT (Trinitrotoluene), Detonators, Firing devices, Timers and other bomb-making components disguised as powdered laundry detergents and soap and 7,847,100 Captagon pills valued at US$94,155,200, the Ministry of Information and Civic Education said in a statement...Read More
By Mariatu E. Tamba Amadu Wurie Timbo has been elected as the new Director the FOTTAL organization. Timbo’s victory in the recent Directorship and Chief Administrative elections at the FOTTAL Organization was nothing short of impressive. The election, which took place on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at the Fottal Organization’s headquarters, saw an incredible turnout...Read More
By: Win Stanley R. Bankole Johnson Politics is certainly not for the fainthearted. It requires grit, guts, brains and brawn all combined underpinned by most of all, by a discerning spirit. The latter is necessary to safeguard against falsehood, character assassination and deceptions all veiled as objective reporting. When American Ambassador Brian Hunt hinted that...Read More
MCC COMPACT: MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING By Andrew Keili Much has been said recently about the MCC compact. Some say it is the solution to all our electricity problems. Others say it is merely being used as leverage by the American Government to keep a tight rein on the Bio Government to take electoral reform...Read More
An addiction crisis is gripping Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest nations, driven by a surge in use of “kush”, a toxic blend of psychoactive substances. As the west African nation struggles to boost its economy, thousands of unemployed young adults have turned to the potent alternative to marijuana to fill their days. The...Read More
The Sierra Leone Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning, through its Directors of Surveys and Lands, has declared a parcel of land in Kotopima and McDonalds Villages, on the outskirts of Freetown, as state land. Ministry officials have erected signposts in the area to notify the public and invite anyone with proper documentation to...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Following a series of incident reports on damage caused by flooding due to continuous heavy rain in Freetown, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Monday, July 8, 2024, embarked on a rigorous risk assessment in six communities across the Western Area. This assessment is part of NDMA’s commitment to disaster...Read More
