By Abu Bakarr Kargbo Freetown Terminal Limited, a subsidiary of Bollore Group, on March 7, 2023, celebrated International Women’s Day at their head office in Freetown with the theme: “Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”. International Women’s Day celebrated annually on March 8, as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Amadou B. Jobarteh, a music lecturer at the Amadou Bansang Jobarteh Music School in the Gambia, has said that they are establishing a partnership with the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts to enable tutors at Ballanta to visit the Gambia, to give music lessons to their students on a...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The leadership of the All Peoples Congress (APC) party, Coalition for Change Party (C4C), the National Grand Coalition (NGC), and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) on Monday, March 6 , 2023, pleaded to promote, observe and enforce cultural and moral values of our society through the signed a communiqué in...Read More
Pink Power is one organization joining in the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. The organization was formed by sex workers to help fight for the rights of vulnerable women and children in Sierra Leone. Today, it caters to many vulnerable young women with initiatives to empower their lives. One of those initiatives is...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Regional Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Dahlia Khalifa, on Monday, March 6, 2023, held discussions with the Minister of Finance, Sheku Fantamadi Bangura, on the interventions of IFC in Sierra Leone and the region. Khalifa is the Director for Central Africa, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and is...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Detective Inspector Fatmata Bash Koroma attached at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Monday, March 6, 2023, testified against one Aloysius Borbor Barbar who is before the court over allegation of financial impropriety. Testifying before Magistrate Marke Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown, Detective Fatmata Bash Koroma recalled...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh A Non-governmental organization, the SOS Children’s Villages on March, March 6, 2023, commenced a five-day regional meeting of its West, Central and North Africa Regional Management Team to evaluate the five-year regional strategy of the organization. The Regional Meeting brings together representatives of the different regions at the Sierra Palm Hotel in...Read More
By Alhaji Haruna Sani Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat and the Sierra Leone Chamber of Agri-business Development (SLeCAD) are to organize the 4th annual national scaling-up nutrition fair in Moyamba in their quest to boost nutrition in Sierra Leone. Ahmed Nanoh, Executive Secretary of SLeCAD, told a news conference in Freetown that the three-day nutrition...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) on Saturday, March 4, 2023, launched ‘Mi Yone Islamic/Hajj’ and ‘Women’s Banking’ accounts. The bank also held health walk where staff from the west and east of Freetown converged at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank branch on Aberdeen Road and Cline Town, respectively, and walked ...Read More
Doha, Qatar, Sunday 5 March 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has reiterated his commitment to the collective and shared responsibility to uphold the principles of the United Nations and affirmed his country’s renewed solidarity in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and intensifying cooperation among Least Developed Countries, LDCs. The President,...Read More
