The National Under 17 Technical team headed by Mohamed Lamin Kamara has invited a provisional Under-17 squad to continue preparations for two friendly matches in Liberia slated for the 5th and 8th June 2022. This provisional U-17 squad was drawn from all five regions of the country to start camping in Makeni. The camping session...Read More
The United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday May 26, 2022, paid a courtesy call on Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. Victoria Grace Ford, a British politician, also thanked the President for the many reforms that would add to the attainment of modern...Read More
Almost 13 percent of the 39 percent of the target population who have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccibe hadn’t returned to get second shot to protect them from pandemic, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. This raised fears that the country might not be able to attain it...Read More
The fight against Covid-19 misinformation and disinformation has a gloomy feel in Sierra Leone where authorities are flagging it as a “life-or-death” issue in slogans designed to warn the population. Misinformation is false information shared by people who do not intend to mislead others. Disinformation is false information deliberately created and disseminated with malicious intent....Read More
Street beggars are most vulnerable to COVID-19 and could be spreaders of pandemic because they are mostly among crowd interacting with a lot of people. To minimize the risk of contracting the pandemic, it is prudent to increase COVID-19 vaccine update among this population. But date suggests that there is low vaccine update among this...Read More
Vaccination remains one of the powerful defences against the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health organization (WHO). To achieve this, the government of Sierra Leone has committed to vaccinate 70 percent of the country targeted population by the end of 2022. So far 26.2% of the target population have been fully vaccinated, according to...Read More
By Windward Windward (LSE: WNWD), the leading Maritime AI company, announced on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 that it has partnered with the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMARAD), an open registry which operates and governs the Sierra Leone flag registry. SLMARAD will use Windward’s AI-powered platform to screen all existing and incoming vessels in its registry, allowing the administration to maintain a...Read More
On a sun-drenched Sierra Leone beach, a one-legged man balances on his crutches and fires the ball past a one-armed goalkeeper. Sheku Turay and others like him have found much-needed support and a new lease of life through his team of footballing amputees. “Playing football makes me feel like an important person in society when...Read More
The Legal Aid Board represented 61 of the 67 accused persons arraigned before Justice Nicolas Browne-Marke, JSC at the recently concluded May Criminal Sessions of the High Court from 16th to 18th May 2022 in Freetown. Six other accused persons were represented by private counsels. The accused were arraigned on multiple charges ranging from Conspiracy...Read More
Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday 24 May 2022 – In a bid to complement President Bio’s vision of ensuring all Sierra Leoneans have access to quality health care as a right, the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr Austin Demby, has had a productive and fascinating engagement with Madam Cynthia Mwase, Head of Africa and Middle East...Read More
