Tamba Kungbana, alias Belleh, the Chairman of a group of youths in washing cars at Shell, Kissy has pleaded that they are in need of a water-holding facility i.e. a Mila tank, electricity, and other necessary materials which will boost the effectiveness of the work and from which they eke out their living. He directed...Read More
The Sierra Leone Cricket Association has announced that it has received a donation of cricket equipment from England. The donation ranged from brand new high-quality bats, gloves, pads, helmets, and many other items and it was made following an appeal from Darren Talbot, High-Performance Manager. The Association’s media department had informed the press that Michael...Read More
Residents of the Old Wharf, a community in Wellington in the east of Freetown, have complained that they are constrained with irregular water supply which has exposed children to sexual violence and related forms of physical violence which occur mostly at night when they go out in search of water. Mariama Kamara, who resides...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Southern Regional Office has engaged personnel of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) in Gondama, Tikonko Chiefdom, Bo District, on matters related to integrity in the discharge of their duties and the anti-corruption campaign in the country. Speaking at the event, Southern Regional Manager of the ACC, Musa J....Read More
Western Area Rural District Football Association (WARDFA) has commenced a week-long training which started on Tuesday to capacitate over 40 coaches and secretaries of different clubs within the district. Chairman of the Western Area Rural District Football Association, Mr. Mohamed Bello Yillah said that he was happy to have the training held during his regime....Read More
Sierra Leone has made some progress in combat Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF), and Proliferation Financing (PF) in accordance with international standards as prescribed in the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) report. The report projected forty recommendations and eleven Immediate Outcomes (IOs) which were to be instituted by member...Read More
In response to numerous complaints and concerns from parents and the public relating to illegal charges and other forms of extortion, the north-west regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, engaged heads of secondary and primary schools in Kambia. Addressing school administrators at the Kambia Islamic Secondary School, the Regional...Read More
The National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) recorded a total of 20,491 deaths for the entire year of 2020. Based on the available data, this means that only about 22% of all deaths were recorded by the NCRA nationwide, leaving the majority of those who died in 2020 unrecorded in the official databases, and the causes...Read More
People find it easy to speak about people with disabilities, or about people who are different than the majority. But has anyone ever wondered how it feels to be born differently and to be subject to discrimination and marginalization? Hamid Mo Kamara is a Senior Counsellor and Psychosocial Therapist and cofounder of the Sierra Leone...Read More
The President of the Association of the National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf, has communicated that the government of Russian has promised 10,000 x 2 Vaccines for African Athletes & Officials that will be participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July this year. In a special message across Africa, he noted:...Read More
