Global leaders emphasise societal impact of family unity For societies to attain their full potential, there is the need to strengthen the family unit, and this can only be achieved through strong marriages between men and women. This was the unanimous declaration of all speakers and attendees at the just ended two-day Strengthening Families Conference...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) marked World Sports Journalists Day with the launch of the official logo for its 50th anniversary celebration, scheduled for August 2024. President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, commenced the event by honouring Dr. Victor Massaquoi for his stanch...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah on Thursday officiated the launch of the Sierra Leone Broadcasters’ Association (SiLBA) at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. As a seasoned broadcaster himself, Minister Bah announced his intention to formally register as a member of SiLBA, demonstrating his commitment to supporting and promoting...Read More
By Sallieu S, Kanu On Friday, July 5, Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, welcomed Her Excellency Mrs. Ursula Fahringer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Sierra Leone, based in Dakar, Senegal, during a courtesy call. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr and Ambassador Fahringer underscored the importance of strengthening collaboration in a bid to...Read More
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, on Friday, July 5, 2024, signed a historic cross-border memorandum of understanding, MOU, with Namibian Authorities and the Management of The Dome Sport Facility to deliver traditional sports across 54 African nations and to give the greenlight for the hosting of...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Last week, after years of hard work the government of President Julius Maada Bio finally succeeded in landing the Millennium Challenge Corporation grant of US$480 million. This is one of the biggest compact grants to be approved for any country. The grant will be injected to transform the energy sector in...Read More
Sierra Leone Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Jamesina E.L. King has in a Judgement delivered on July 3,2024, declared the removal of Millicent Kargbo and others as Directors and subscribers of the Sierra Leone Association of Women In Journalism (SLAWIJ), and the appointments of (4th -8th defendants) Mariama Coker, Princess Gibson, Rev. Dr. Lucy-Ann Ganda,...Read More
By Naomi Henkriay Samura The journey to transform Freetown by transforming lives has begun with the launch on July 4, 2024, by Mayor of Freetown C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of the ‘Transform Freetown – Transforming Lives 2024-2028 Development Agenda’. The development Agenda is a strategic roadmap by FCC to address the structural challenges of...Read More
Top of Form By Stephen V. Lansana Kumba Manchendeh, and Sahr Mbayo (not their real names) are all transported to mining communities by their foster parents. They took them to the communities with the hope of giving them a better life, but later both minors ended working at the mining sites as laborers. Kumba is...Read More
Osman Yaah, an alumnus of the UNDP’s Accelerator Lab, has won the esteemed 2024 President Bio Innovation Award for his revolutionary Auto Smart Irrigation and Energy Solutions. This innovative agriculture solution has earned him the Presidential Star Prize of US$30,000, which will be used to scale up his project and make it accessible to more...Read More
