Following a process which started in 2018, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and Sierra Rutile Limited (SRL) have on Wednesdy November 4, 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to concretize and formalize their pre-existing cordial relationship. The signing took place in the office of the Inspector General of Police at Police Headquarters, George Street,...Read More
With support from Christian Aid, through the implementation of the Pro-poor Land Governance project (IAPG), Green Scenery Sierra Leone, a Civil Society organization which promotes environmental protection, sustainable peace, livelihood security, land governance advocacy, and human rights protections, has concluded an eight-day stakeholders’ training and engagements on land deals negotiation in Port Loko, Pujehun and...Read More
A Member of Parliament, M’jid El Guerrab, serving in the National Assembly for French people living in the Maghreb and part of West Africa, has on Thursday November 5, 2020, paid a courtesy call on President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. While introducing the delegation to the President, Speaker of Parliament,...Read More
Drawing from the Commission’s strategic approach and creating the platform for citizens’ support in the fight against corruption, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Southern Region Office in Bo on Wednesday, 4th November, 2020 engaged executive members of the Drivers’ Union, Bike Riders’ Union, Traders’ Union, Kekeh Riders’ Association and the Sierra Leone Vehicle Motto Maintenance Association....Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has on Tuesday November 3, 2020, held a meeting with the advisory committee on the 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC). During the meeting, key presentations were done to the Advisory committee that consist of representatives from all political parties, the Development Secretary Ministry of Planning And Economic Development,...Read More
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through its partner, Women in Crisis Movement, with funding from Irish Aid, is providing 1,000 vulnerable girls from various schools in Pujehun, Kambia and Port Loko districts with ‘back to school kits’. The kits which include school uniforms, exercise books, school bags, pens, pencils and geometry sets, will facilitate...Read More
Orange Money and Ecobank have on Thursday November 5, 2020, launched a new promotion known as Bank to Wallet at Ecobank’s Lightfoot Boston Street office in Freetown. Through the service, Ecobank customers have the opportunity of using Orange Money to cash out and pay cash in from the bank at ease. During the launch, Chief...Read More
Twenty year old Mabinty Conteh was deported from Baghdad, Iraq to Senegal emaciated and mentally challenged. Her destination back home is not known as there are no other documents apart from her passport and boarding pass to trace her address back home. She was deported with only the clothes she wore. The Sierra Leone Ambassador...Read More
Advocacy Movement Network (AMNet) with support from Food and Agriculture Organization, International Institute for Sustainable Development and Oxfam, has Tuesday 3 November 2020 concluded a three-day engagement with Members of Parliament on Gender and Investments in Agriculture and Food Security at Golden Tulip in Freetown. More than 60 Members of Parliaments from five oversight committees...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Russia, His Excellency Mohamed Yongawo, has on Monday, October 26, 2020, addressed the leadership of Sierra Leonean students in Ukraine on issues bordering on welfare and living conditions, at Rublovskoye Chausse, Moscow in Russia. The meeting, held via webinar, was part of the Ambassador’s plan to reach out to Sierra Leoneans...Read More
