“We want an inclusive society, especially for persons with disabilities in Sierra Leone,” said the Executive Secretary, Saa Lamin Kortequee, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD). The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), Saa Lamin Kortequee, has on Thursday, 8th September 2022 called for an inclusive society for persons...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Two Football Clubs, Bo Rangers F. C. and F. C. Kallon from Sierra Leonean have over the weekend demonstrated that Sierra Leonean teams could participate competitively in African Club Competitions. The current Champions of the Premier League in Sierra Leone Bo Rangers played to a goalless draw against Algerian Champions CR...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, held a conference with policymakers, experts and communities to tackle urban housing inequalities in Sierra Leone at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The studies conducted by SLURC over the years focused on land and housing, urban health, vulnerability and...Read More
Sierra Leone has extended the closing of its bid round until January 27, 2023, saying it had taken the decision to handle the increased interest.By Ed Reed Top of Form Bottom of Form Sierra Leone has extended the closing of its bid round until January 27, 2023, saying it had taken the decision to handle the...Read More
By Joseph Winters It’s Tuesday, September 13, and Sierra Leone is giving communities veto power over large-scale industrial projects. The Parliament of Sierra Leone passed legislation recently to significantly boost the rights of rural landowners, protecting them from land grabs by large, multinational companies. Described by land governance experts as “globally unprecedented,” the Customary Land...Read More
By Jack Ingham Alan Wolstencroft a member of Banbury Rotary Club since 2004, first came to Sierra Leone in 2005 as a volunteer member of a Rotary Club mission team. Alan Wolstencroft initially went over to help the building projects with the Banbury Rotary Club in 2005, thinking it would be a one-off experience but has since returned...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Over thirteen local guitarists have received free lessons on improving their skills in playing the guitar by, Enrique Torres Palma, a renowned Spanish guitarist. The classes have been held at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts recently. The class had been initiated by Music Heals, a non-profitable organization established at...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has vehemently condemned the beating of journalist Emmanuel Christian Thorlli, Managing Editor of Night Watch Newspaper by some Njala University (NU) staff on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at Ellen Street, Ebo Town in Waterloo in the Western Area Rural District. According to Emmanuel, after...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Seven people including three children have died in two separate incidents in Freetown after walls fell on two houses in during torrential rains on Sunday the 11th of September 2022. According to National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), a wall collapsed on a house in a community at the back of Spur Loop...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu The Salam Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organisation which supports the less privileged, was launched on Sunday at the Grace Centre Bible Church at Regent in Freetown. The Launching was climaxed with the donation of consignment of used clothing and shoes to dozens of children at the Regent Community. One of the...Read More
