Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) – East, Mr. Thomas Mustapha Lahai has recently met with representatives of three (3) women organizations, AdvocAid Sierra Leone ,Gbotima Development Association and 50-50 Group of the East at his Regional Command Office, Kenema Police Division. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure peace in the Township of Kenema...Read More
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has on June 17, 2020, approved a US$100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sierra Leone in promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and building economic resilience. This Development Policy Financing (DPF) supports ongoing reforms to enhance macroeconomic stability, increase productivity...Read More
For many around the world, COVID-19 is a first experience of an pandemic. For the people of Sierra Leone, there is spectral familiarity to what is unfolding in the country. With the outbreak of Ebola in May 2014, about 4000 people lost their lives to the deadly virus. The effect was far-reaching. The economy was battered...Read More
Orange Sierra Leone has on Tuesday June 16, 2020, collaborated with Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (SLCCIA) and fed 100 quarantined homes within the country with food items such as rice, onions, Maggie and cooking oil. The feeding of the homes was in response to the call of SLCCIA who had requested for...Read More
Christopher A. A. Jones, the Chief Coordinator for the Portee Coronavirus Response Unit (PoCRU), has on Monday June 15, 2020 called on the Government of Sierra Leone to assist their committee with Veronica buckets, face masks, hand sanitizers and cash in order to speed up their public education campaign on the coronavirus. Jones said that the...Read More
