Ishmael Bayoh, Information Attachè, Sierra Leone Embassy Dakar, Senegal The Director of Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Culture in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture of Senegal, Mr. Khalilou Sow has revealed three projects on which Senegal and Sierra Leone could collaborate. Mr. Sow and delegation on Friday, December 6, 2024, visited...Read More
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – December 9, 2024: At a high-level ministerial workshop hosted by the Government of Sierra Leone on Friday in Freetown under the auspices of the World Bank Group and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Ministers of Energy and Finance from the Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Mauritania, Republic of Congo, and Sierra...Read More
The health sector in Sierra Leone is gaining significant global reputation for supporting other African nations to respond to public health outbreaks, especially viral hemorrhagic fevers. The country recently sent its medical doctors to help the Republic of Rwanda fight the Marburg Virus Outbreak. Now, different countries are showing interest in visiting Sierra Leone with...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kargbo The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wang Qing and the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, presenting a certificate to one of the Grant Recipients. More than 174 students and school pupils from Sierra Leone were honored with this year’s prestigious Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarship and Grant Awards....Read More
By Mark Thomas A Preston businessman has teamed up with EducAid, a charitable organisation dedicated to providing quality education to undeserved children in Sierra Leone. Ben Swindlehurst, CEO of Asset Disposal, a leading IT asset disposal firm based in Manchester, has forged the partnership in order to send refurbished IT equipment to Sierra Leone to support...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Tuesday, December 2, 2024: The Rokel Commercial Bank has become the first Commercial Bank in Sierra Leone and the Mano River Union to adopt and fully integrate the Pan African Payment and Settlement Systems (PAPPS). At a media launch held in the conference room of its Eastern Police/Clock Tower Branch...Read More
Growth and stability around the world is in our shared interest, write UK Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds and Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance Sheku A. F. Bangura. To grow our economies and tackle the climate crisis, we must work together We are in the midst of a growth crisis which is having a devastating impact on the...Read More
With support from UNDP and Irish Aid, the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone through its Directorate of Business and Human Rights and Labour Relations on the 28th and 29th November 2024, facilitated a consultative engagement with 40 key stakeholders including MPs, MDAs, DHRCs, companies and CSOs on the development of a National Action Plan...Read More
An international partnership launched evidence-based programs in Kailahun, Kambia, Kenema, and Kono. It led to a significant improvement in the lives of children across Sierra Leone. Children in four Sierra Leone districts are now experiencing human trafficking at a significantly lower rate than they were five years ago. This reduction is the result of a...Read More
By: Aaron Bundu Lahai-Head of Media & Public Relations Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has suggested the setting up of a full-blown forensic laboratory to support the investigation on gender-based violence in the country. His comment came at a two-day conference on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) organized in commemoration of sixteen days of activism that...Read More
