By Kai Mansa-Musa Sentho Koroma was born in Moyamba District in 2005 where her mother was being fostered by an old lady who was helping her with bread and board after she (mother) had been abandoned by the man who had impregnated her two months before with Sentho and her Twin Brother Alusine. “The old...Read More

 By IPRP Communications Unit The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) has on July 17, 2023, ruled that the evaluation committee of the procuring entity under the Free Education Project / Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE) did not observe stringent procurement guidelines thereby allowing bidding institutions to progress from the technical to the...Read More

By George M.O. Williams The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation ( FAO) with funding from the Irish government has tools and seeds to 1,500 vegetable farmers mostly women and youths from 5 districts of Sierra Leone. The project, entitled, “Building resilient communities through climate smart and market driven production for improved food...Read More

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) through the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will be submitting the list of 680 teachers including   203 Heads of Schools from different public schools for retirement in 2023. According to the Secretary of TSC,  Mr. Sorie I. Turay, their retirement takes effect on August 31, 2023 and...Read More

Sierra Leone is among 28 countries in Africa where Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting is known to be practiced and regularly performed in a ‘secret society’ called the Bondo Society. According to the 2019 Demographic Health Survey, 83 percent of women aged 15-49 have undergone FGM, a decrease from 90 percent in 2013. The Human Rights...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is gravely concerned about death threats directed against citizens and state functionaries on social media. These threats are aimed at causing the targeted functionaries’ insecurity and serious discomfort, the police said in a statement it put out on Wednesday. “The threats are also intended to blackmail...Read More

Staff at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) are reeling from the theft on 20th July 2023, of the organization’s brand new Toyota Land Cruiser, essential for chimpanzee rescues. Without a suitable replacement, their ability to save the lives of endangered chimpanzees and carry out critical field operations is severely compromised. Tacugama has launched an appeal...Read More

By Desmond Tunde Coker The Technical Department of the Sierra Leone Football Association is set to hold a Coach Instructors’ Course designed to train trainers of coaches to develop the profession across the Country, through capacity building. The course will take place from Wednesday the 2nd of August to Wednesday the 23rd of August 2023...Read More

By Dr. med. Mustapha S. Kabba For those of us on the ground in Sierra Leone, the challenges we face daily in providing healthcare services underscore the grave disparities present across the various corners of our planet when it comes to our ability, or lack thereof, to heal. In Sierra Leone, the most dramatic example...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone has placed a temporary ban  on the movement of livestock and meat imports from neighbouring Liberia after 36 cows died near the border, the government said in a statement on Monday. The government said that it is stepping up surveillance for possible anthrax. Authorities in Liberian said the cattle...Read More