On August 28, Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting Tunisia to attend the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8), held a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prof. David John Francis. At the outset of the meeting, Minister Hayashi expressed his gratitude to...Read More
At least seven people have lost their lives after torrential rains triggered flooding and landslides across parts of Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone on Sunday. Six people, including a child was reported to have died after a portion of mud which was hanging over their houses disembarked on adjacent homes in informal settlement in Looking...Read More
The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability. NEW YORK/NAIROBI/DAKAR, August 23,2022 – Children in the Horn of Africa and...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday, August 25, 2022, received Letters of Credence from heads of eight missions to Sierra Leone, warmly welcomed them during a formal presentation ceremony, and encouraged them to strengthen the healthy diplomatic relationships. Among the new heads of mission who presented their diplomatic credentials to the President...Read More
Lawyers seeking to provide counsel to the hundreds of people detained by the Sierra Leone Police at various police detention facilities across the country were denied access to the jails. Their families have repeatedly been denied access to them. The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) said in a letter to the Inspector General of Police...Read More
The Greek community across the Illawarra and South Coast of NSW saw 180 dignitaries and guests from the Greek community of Wollongong welcomed internationally renowned speaker, missionary and founder of Paradise 4 Kids, Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis, from Sierra Leone. The St Nektarios parish of Wollongong, with permission from Archbishop Makarios, hosted a fundraiser on...Read More
It is an indisputable fact that since the outbreak of the Russia and Ukraine war the supply of and access to petroleum products became disrupted simply because Russia is a main producer and supplier, coupled with the imposition of sanctions on Russia by the West, thereby seriously affecting smooth trading transactions. Sierra Leone, like any...Read More
The SKD had artificial turf laid and bucket seats installed as part of its recent renovations Liberia’s President George Weah has allowed Sierra Leone and its club sides to use the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) sports complex free of charge. Sierra Leone will play a ‘home’ African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Mali at the...Read More
The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Labour, has turned over sixteen (16) Sierra Leonean nationals who were trafficked to Liberia to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for repatriation. The sixteen Sierra Leoneans are expected to return to their Country and reunite with families on Thursday, August 25, 2022. The sixteen persons, 14...Read More
The Community Media Network in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiNoRF), in a bid to popularize the concept of the Right to Food (RtF) in Sierra Leone, has taken the concept to students in the northern University of Makeni (UniMak) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. The public lecture which...Read More
