By Sallieu S. Kanu Safe Sister Fellowship with support from INTERNEWS (US) has organized a one-day training for young women and girls on the safety and rights of young women and girls in the digital environment. The event took place on September 9, 2023 in Moyiba/Mamba Ridge Community. Safe Sisters is a joint initiative of...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Pastor Paul Daniel Frank was on Friday 8th, September, 2023 acquitted and discharged after he was alleged to have engaged in an act of sexual penetration of a child by Justice Cosmotina Jarrette. The accused had been charged for sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2012...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Pastor Paul Daniel Frank was on Friday 8th, September, 2023 acquitted and discharged after he was alleged to have engaged in an act of sexual penetration of a child by Justice Cosmotina Jarrette. The accused had been charged for sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2012...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Members of the Indian Merchandise Association have paid for the critical surgeries of three-year-old Alhaji Lamrana Jalloh in India. Jalloh was diagnosed with a heart condition and imperforate anus. Both surgeries, including flight tickets to India, visas, passport, accommodation for both the child and the mother, cost over US $ 25,000....Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Jasmin Sesay popularly known as Paris Gold, a gospel musicians in Sierra Leone, has recently received the 8th America Annual Achievement Awards, in the category of ‘New Artist of the Year’ 2023. She was awarded in an event which recently took place at the Arundel Live Casino Ballroom, in Maryland. She was...Read More
By George M. O. Williams Kadie, 5, was cruelly beaten by her Aunt (FA) leaving her with a swollen arm and lips, red eyes and scars on her body. The beating occurred on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at the Murray Town Barrack in Freetown. A senior ‘Mammy Queen’ (Respectable Elder among the women folks) at...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu New U.S. Ambassador Bryan Hunt on September 12, 2023 congratulated 40 hand selected Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) soldiers on completing a training on development in Sierra Leone with the United States Army Security Force Assistance Brigade. The RSLAF officers, ranging in rank from Private to Warrant Officer 1,...Read More
The Management of Star Sports Academy One of Sierra Leone’s formidable young football academies, Star Sports Academy has signed a partnership agreement with Turkish topflight club Antalyaspor, at a ceremony which took place at the Sense Hotel in Antalya. The International Relations and Strategic Planning Manager for Antalyspor FC, Erdem Erdal, was present at the...Read More
Freetown ‒ Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, with 717 mothers dying annually for every 100 000 live births as of 2019 (DHS, 2019). One of the primary contributing factors is delayed first visits to health facilities by mothers-to-be. Provision of quality preconception, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Aminata Mansaray, a person living with disability in Kissy in the east of Freetown, on Tuesday September 5th, 2023 asked for Government of Sierra Leone and Non-governmental Organizations to fund her continue her studies in Computer Science, which she could not complete some years ago due to lack of finances. She...Read More
