Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Thursday, February 4, 2021, awarded three top-performing Ministries and the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) at an inaugural Presidential Award ceremony at State House in Freetown. The award is to motivate Government Ministries Departments and Agencies to strive to maximise output and produce result. Ministry...Read More
Newly appointed Minister of Health and Sanitation, approved by Parliament, Dr. Austin Demby, is set to improve the health sector in Sierra Leone. Dr. Demby before his appointment had been a top US Government official for over 20 years. He had resigned his position to return home and has brought his expertise to help his...Read More
The Executive Director of the Native Consortium & Research Center Edmond Abu has on Sunday, January 24, 2021, raised concern over the price of the sachet and bottled water on the eve of the partial lockdown of Freetown by National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC), to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Consortium said...Read More
Ahead of the commencement of the Sierra Leone Premier League scheduled for February, topflight clubs have received training on Covid-19 protocols. The exercise was part of a two-day seminar organized by the Sierra Leone Premier League Board (SLPLB) to help club administrators and match commissioners familiarize with new approaches to the game. The training brought...Read More
The National COVID Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has been directed by the Presidential Task Force to reintroduce a nationwide curfew. The curfew which would commence effective Monday 25th, January 2021, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am is geared towards curbing a second wave of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. It could be recalled that in December...Read More
Freetown – January 16, 2021 (KMN) Helen Keller International (HKI) has trained members of the Kombra Network (KN) as part of the preparation for an upcoming campaign against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The campaign which entails mass drug distribution is scheduled for February and targeting people in four districts. NTDs are viral, parasitic and bacterial...Read More
Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone in collaboration with Speak Up Africa will hold its first Malaria and Health awards on January 22, 2021 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. The award ceremony is part of effort to recognize journalists who have done so much in educating communities about Malaria and to also recognize...Read More
The Human Rights Commission Sierra Leone (HRCSL) in their State of Human Rights 2018 Annual report indicated some Police Division detention centres are challenged with poor toilet facilities, pipe-borne water, and health care units. The Report also noted that police cells were dark and lack proper ventilation. According to the report, the Commission said that...Read More
Community Development Initiatives, Sierra Leone (COMDI-SL) has on 9th January 9, 2021, trained 50 stakeholders in Sogbini Chiefdom on enhancing Community based structures for effective service delivery and accountability. The one-day workshop took place at the Court Barrray in Tihun Village and it targeted traditional leaders and youths. COMDI Programe Manager, John Kortu in his...Read More
Fishermen at the Yawri wharf in Tombo in the Western Rural District have on Friday January 8, 2021 said that, the outlawing of some of the fishing nets by the government has affected their livelihood leaving some of them out of jobs. The use of monofilament nets was banned as part of the measures to...Read More
