Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday, June 2, 2022, joined the First Lady, Madam Fatima Bio, to commemorate the International Menstrual Hygiene Day and to launch the 2022 free sanitary pads distribution for school going girls in the country. Country Director for GOAL Sierra Leone, James Riak Mathiang, said his organisation had...Read More
Education stakeholders, including national and local government, civil society organizations, education development partners, parliamentarians, youth representatives and the private sector came together to re-imagine education in Sierra Leone and set bold goals for the country as part of consultations for the Transforming Education Summit which will take place in New York in September 2022. The...Read More
PRESS RELEASE Freetown, 3rd June 2022: The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Sierra Leone School Green Club (SLSGC) will on Monday 6th June 2022, organise a youth climate poetry and arts competition for Senior Secondary Schools, to raise awareness on the impact of climate change and environmental degradation...Read More
The World Bank on Thursday, June 2, 2022 approved a $41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration system in Sierra Leone. The project will help strengthen the country’s legal and institutional framework in the sector by financing the implementation of the core aspects of...Read More
Ms. Nadia Rasheed arrived in Sierra Leone on May 16, 2022 as new Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Office. A national of Sudan, Ms. Rasheed brings with her wealth of management experience on health, gender and development issues. She has represented UNDP in partnerships with other UN organizations, managed interagency programmes...Read More
The Scorpion Squad of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), on the morning hours of Thursday, June 2, 2022, executed a search and arrested the Proprietor of the Moses Academy International School, Ibrahim Turay and eleven candidates writing the West Africa School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) at the private residence of the proprietor at Turay Drive, Deep-eye Water....Read More
Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has disclosed that Sierra Leone has a New Arbitration Bill, 2022, which will law soon. The Chief Justice was speaking as a Special Guest at the 6th International Chamber of Commerce Africa Conference on Arbitration on the theme, “African Arbitration: Consolidation and Transformation.” According to...Read More
Mohamed Turay Swimming President The President of the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association (SLSDWA) Mohamed Turay has been elected as a member of the CANA Zone 2 Bureau for four years – 2022 – 2026. Turay was the scribe of swimming before he took over as the newly elected President of the...Read More
Sierra Leone U-17 team, Sierra Stars has on Thursday, June 2, 2022, departed Bo for Liberia for two friendly matches with their Morocco and Liberia counterparts. The media officer attached to the team, Mr Mansurr Koroma said that the team will be based in Monrovia for six days where they will engage their counterparts in...Read More
The main opposition All People Congress (APC) party, the National Grand Coalition (NGC) and Unity Party have rejected the provisional results of the 2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population Census. The population of Sierra Leone is estimated at 7,541,641, constituting 3,716,263 male and 3,825,378 female, according to the provisional results published by Statistics Sierra Leone. There...Read More
