Three Sierra Leoneans Swimmers will compete in the various categories in the Swimming Championship in Senegal. The PRO 1 of SLSDWA, Reginald Brian O. Sawyer told this medium that Sierra Leone swimmers left on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 for the 8th CANA ZONE 2 AFRICAN Championship in Senegal. He said that went on to state...Read More
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Irish Aid hosted mobile complaints hearing in Joru Gaura in Kenema District and Bonthe Island on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th May 2022. Residents of the two localities were able to access the Commission in their locality...Read More
Sierra Leone has made significant progress in reducing the burden of maternal mortality. However, the maternal death ratio remains very high with 717 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019. Kenema district has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone, according to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) data for 2021....Read More
UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour the nearly 4,200 UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives since 1948 and will preside over a ceremony at which the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal will be awarded posthumously to 117...Read More
Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (SLEITI) on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 held a national sensitization and dissemination event on 2019 SLEITI report which is themed: “Promoting Sustainable Development Through a Transparent and Accountable Extractive Sector”. The event which was held at the Western Area Rural District Council hall in Waterloo was attended by policymakers,...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 unveiled a Le 5.3 billion paid into the accounts of the Community Development Agreement, (CDA) fund by the Kingho Mining Company, a subsidiary of Leone Rock Metals. The unveiling of the fund was done at the Ferengbeya Mining Site, Tonkolili District. The President...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Alhassan Kanney Bangura, 20, was on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 sent to jail by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 over an alleged theft of Le12 million from Hassan Musa Bangura, an Internal auditor at NASSIT and wife Umu Bangura. The accused was arraigned on two counts of house breaking...Read More
The Judiciary of Sierra Leone through the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (JLTI) in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Coordination Centre and the OCWAR-Project have commenced a four-day judicial training on Cybercrime and Collecting of Electronic Evidence for 20 Judges of the Superior Court. In his statement, the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond...Read More
A building contractor John R. Taylor was on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 granted bail in the sum of Le250 million by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba road court No.1. The accused was arraigned on allegation of 30 thousand Pounds fraud. Taylor is before the court on one count charge of fraudulent conversion contrary to section...Read More
The Sierra Leonean Krio is among the latest languages to find its way on the Google Translate Service. Krio is an English-based Creole language of Sierra Leone. It is the first language of about 350,000 people and is used as a lingua franca by over 4 million. It is spoken by 87% of Sierra Leone’s...Read More
