Environmental degradation emanating from deforestation is causing havoc to water supply quality and quantity in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. Guma Dam which supplies water to Freetown is under serious deforestation attack from the Number 2 River, Mambo, Hamilton and Mile 13 communities. Experts have warned that if immediate action is not taken to demarcate the...Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone (April 22, 2022) – This past year, the United States and Sierra Leone together advanced the fight against malaria, despite immense challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Committed and courageous frontline health workers, especially nurses, midwives, and community health workers, across Sierra Leone went the extra mile to ensure essential malaria services...Read More
The Management of Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has noted with grave concern the recent rate at which unpatriotic and unreasonable citizens are engaged in “vandalizing electrical installations” particularly in the Western Area. The communities where the national electricity installations were vadalised include, but not limited to Hamilton Village, Ogu Farm, St. Micheals Lakka,...Read More
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital (SLPTH) in partnership with ECOWAS Commission on Monday, April 25, 2022, commenced a 10-day training on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) phase II of Colombo Plan on substance use disorder in the conference hall of the Psychiatric Hospital in Freetown. The Executive...Read More
Deborah Fatima Conteh of the Lunsar Cycling Team was first in the prestigious Accra Criterium on Saturday, April 16, 2022. It is the largest criterium city of Accra. Ms. Conteh made an amazing triumph in the women’s race beating a 20-rider international field in a sprint finish. She watched the riders in the pack, fought...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called on the country’s independent media to be more innovative with their business models, noting that the successes of his government, over the last four years, have been supported by a confident and more professional media. “But media practitioners also need to re-imagine and adapt their business models in...Read More
At least nine people have been killed and 25 others injured when a Mercedes Benz Truck rammed into a stationary Vehicle along at Rochen Village, Yoni Mamala Chiefdom, along the Mile 91/Moyamba Junction highway in the early hours of Saturday, April, 23, 2022. The dead include three women and a child. There are fears that...Read More
CF Montréal forward and Major League Soccer’s fifth all-time leading goalscorer Kei Kamara announced in a Twitter post on Thursday that he is calling an end to his international career with Sierra Leone. Kamara, 37, has played for the Leone Stars since 2008 after becoming a pro in MLS in 2006. Despite some recent turbulence...Read More
The Housemates Salone season 3 reality show will start on May 22, 2022, with a star prize of Le, 250 million and a round trip to Dubai for the winner, a Senior official of the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire said on Friday. This year’s edition is dubbed; ‘D Game Get Yagba, if you...Read More
Sierra Leone’s burgeoning artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector provides critical livelihoods for women and young men in a place where viable income-generating options are few. But the country’s ASGM sector is also largely informal and associated with a range of serious social and environmental challenges, including mercury use. In response, the government of...Read More
