Crime Statistician of the Sierra Leone Police, Sergeant Allen Mohamed Koroma has on Tuesday June 9, 2020, disclosed that the rate of crime has increased from about 61, 783 in 2018 to 75, 729 cases in 2019. Out of the 75,729 cases reported in 2019, the Legal and Justice Support Department of the Sierra Leone...Read More
The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF), in a bid to help fight the Global Pandemic has distributed a huge consignment of Corona Virus (COVID-19) preventive materials to three Chiefdoms in the Tonkolili district. The timely intervention of SiLNoRF in distributing the preventive materials with support from BMZ through Welt Hunger Hilfe...Read More
The President of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, is optimistic that Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 would be expunged by members of the Sierra Leone Parliament. His comment came in a virtual meeting on Friday to commemorate the Association’s 49th anniversary in the wake of Parliament’s recent withdrawal...Read More
In a country where almost half of the population is not consuming enough nutrients to live a healthy life, poverty often drives girls to work on the streets. Some young teenagers work in prostitution to earn money to meet their basic needs. The mentor (Mammy Queen) of a group of commercial sex workers at Lumley,...Read More
The Coordinator for the Indian Community, Rajesh Hemnani, has on Friday June 5, 2020, supported the C-19 Dignity Project with Food and non- food items in order for the project to achieve its objectives. He said that the Indian Community was moved by what they had seen on social media wherein the Founder of the...Read More
The Management of Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO), headed by Joseph Munda Sandi together with the Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa and the Director General of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Mr. Amara Kanneh on Saturday June 6, 2020, performed the symbolic signing of the contract for the construction of the Bonthe water supply...Read More
By Hasbin Shaw The World Bank on Thursday April 2, 2020, approved a US$7.5 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help Sierra Leone respond to the threat posed by the Coronavirus outbreak and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. The funds will fill critical financing gaps that have been identified due to the...Read More
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...Read More
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...Read More
By: Dr Abdul Jalloh/ Specialist Psychiatrist The mental health aspect of pandemic outbreaks often goes unrecognised. It largely determines the overall direction of the outcome in terms of morbidity and some cases, mortality. Since we currently have an infectious disease outbreak, such as Covid-19, everyone reacts differently to its attendant stressful situations. Information overload and...Read More
