Supervisory soil survey officer for BAFs project The European Union (EU) funded Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) Project through the Agricultural Engineering Division Ministry of Agriculture (MoF) is currently undertaking a comprehensive nationwide Soil Survey. The exercise is being implemented through the Njala University (NU), as well as the National Authorizing Office (NAO) as...Read More
The antiviral drug molnupiravir is conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe covid-19 who are at highest risk of hospitalisation, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today. Patients who are at highest risk of hospitalisation typically include those who are unvaccinated, older people, and those with weak immune systems or...Read More
The Senegalese Minister of Labour, Social Dialogue and Relations with Institutions, M. Samba Sy on Monday February 28, 2022 hosted Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance (SLeSHI) delegation led by the Hon. Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh. The Sierra Leone delegation was in Senegal on a learning mission on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health...Read More
State House, Freetown, Wednesday 2 March 2022 — Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan, has called at the presidency to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, during a short ceremony. He said he was happy and honoured to be in Sierra Leone,...Read More
Former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Hassan Lee has been remanded at the Male Correctional Center by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 after he was arraigned for obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32(1) of the Larceny Act of 1916. It was alleged on the charge sheet...Read More
The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney MBE has expressed interest in Tourism Ministry’s youth development and women empowerment programmes. She made this disclosure during a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt at the Ministry’s headquarters in Freetown. The British High Commissioner, who have been to...Read More
Sierra Organic Palm(SOP) has recently made the second payment of land lease to landowners in Kasseh, Bureh and Macontehchiefdoms of Port Loko District. The payment which amounted to over Le300 million is part of agreement sign by the investor and landowners for the operation of the company. Sierra Organic Palm has taken over from the...Read More
Prof. Osman Sankoh COR, aka Mallam O., Sierra Leone’s Statistician General and CEO of Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has been unanimously elected Vice-Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The United Nations Statistical Commission, established in 1947, is the highest body of the global statistical system bringing together the Chief Statisticians from member...Read More
Freetown Int. Conference Centre, Bintumani Hotel, Monday 28 February 2022 – President Dr Julius Maada Bio has publicly renewed his commitment to working with stakeholders and development partners to address trafficking in persons, a form of modern-day slavery that constitutes a crime against the individual and the state. In his keynote statement to the opening...Read More
The issue of overcrowding in our detention facilities – cells and correctional centers – is not new. The country’s post-war history is replete with this malaise. It is the biggest challenge the Legal Aid Board has had to grapple with since its inception in May 2015. It comes as no surprise the priority of the...Read More
