For people living with HIV, being on treatment has two advantages: they stay healthy and, if their viral load is suppressed to undetectable levels, they can’t pass on the virus to their sexual partners. This year’s expansion of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)is dramatically improving access to treatment for Sierra Leoneans...Read More
As the saying goes water is life, and it is the most important thing in the world that you can’t do without that is why the global world is saying “A Water-Secure World for All,” by sustaining water resources, delivering service and building resilience. Yonibana is a small rural town in Tonkolili District in the...Read More
As the second phase of the Sierra Leone Premier League resumes, the Sierra Leone Football Association has provided a financial support of Four Hundred Million Leones (Le400,000,000) to the Sierra Leone Premier League Board (SLPLB) on Friday February 11, 2022. According to the Head of Media and Marketing SLFA, Ibrahim Kamara the support is to...Read More
Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI),CHRDI has observed with grave concern an increase in the arrest and prosecution ofopposition politicians in Sierra Leone, as well as arrests of civilians who criticized government. CHRDI said in a statement on Wednesday that “these arrests have a chilling effect on the people of Sierra Leone regarding...Read More
Police have released the Spokesman of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Sidi Yayah Tunis after two nights in a police cell. Tunis said he was freed on a Le200 million bail bond and asked to report on Monday. He was detained on Tuesday after a radio interview on FM 98.1 which the...Read More
The Mop-up Exercise for the 2021 Mid-Term Census which started on December 30, 2021 will end on Sunday, February 12, 2022, the Chief Census Officer, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) said on Thursday. Prof. Osman Sankoh said, “As we wind down the People’s Census, we will leave no willing household behind!” “Following that, a winding...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, extensively debated the bill entitled: “The National Electronic Communication Act, 2021”, and committed it to the Legislative Committee for further scrutiny. The bill seeks to establish the National Communications Authority and to provide for the licensing and regulation of electronic communication operators and other related...Read More
The Director General of National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Mohamed Fuaad Daboh has said that the institution recorded about 267,000 registered and insured members. The Trust documented a 30 percent increase in members when compared with 2018 figures. He made this statement recently in Freetown when recounting on the successes and challenges of...Read More
Fatmata Bah, a businesswoman, was on Monday, February 7, 2022 sent to jail for allegedly trafficking 16-year- old Assiatu Bah from Conakry, Guinea to Sierra Leone for the purpose of exploitation. The accused made her first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 on two counts of Conspiracy to commit Human...Read More
World Bank Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Ousmane Diagana will be visiting Sierra Leone on February 10-11, 2022 as part of his official tour to West Africa, the World Bank country office said in a statement on Wednesday. This will be Mr. Diagana’s first trip to the country since assuming his current...Read More
