The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) of Sierra Leone is encouraging teachers to turn up for work and be in classrooms as they are exploring all legal and appropriate channel to resolve their demand. The commission said in statement on Wednesday, June 1,2022 that negotiations between the Sierra Leone Teachers Union and the government of Sierra...Read More
On May 25, 2022, high level government officials from the Ministry of Energy, EDSA, Ministry of Finance and the public private Partnership (PPP) Unit and the Paramount Chiefs conducted a site visit in Yamandu, Baoma Chiefdom to assess the progress of the construction of the new Serengeti Energy funded 5MW solar PV power project. The...Read More
Sierra Leone is to focus on youth at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after losing athletes following the outbreaks of both Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic. A state of emergency due to Ebola was declared in the African nation as it competed at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and athletes were later banned from that...Read More
Albert John Kandeh, a personnel of the Republic of Sierra Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone (RSLAF), on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 appeared before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Court No 3 for allegedly killing one Marie Bangura. The accused is charged with a count of murder contrary to law. According to the...Read More
Sierra Leone senior male national football team, Leone Stars, is currently in Guinea on a camping ahead of the 2023 African Cup of Nations doubleheaders in Abuja and Guinea next month. Sierra Leone, in Group A, will kick off African Cup Nations 2023 qualifying campaign on June 9, 2022 away in Nigeria. Leone Stars will...Read More
With support from United National Development Programme (UNDP) and Irish Aid, Human Right Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has organised third reginal advocacy consultation with stakeholders on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations focusing on the Constitutional Review Process (CRP) and the enactment of the Human Rights Defender’s Bill. The meeting was to create public...Read More
A bike rider Ibrahim Mohamed Kamara,29, was committed to the high court for further trial by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 for the alleged murder of Alpha Sankoh. The accused is before the court on one count charge of murder contrary to law. According to the police, the accused on Saturday,...Read More
The Audit Service Sierra Leone on Saturday, May 28, 2022, held public education on its operations with members of the Regent Street and Wellington PMB Ataya bases and Wash Car Youths in Freetown. The engagement is part of the public education drive by the ASSL to create awareness on the activities of the institution. The...Read More
The population of Sierra Leone is estimated at 7,541,641, constituting 3,716,263 male and 3,825,378 female, according to the provisional data of the 2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population Census conducted by Statistic Sierra Leone. The provisional figures show that there are 109,121 more women in the country than men with a ratio of 0.97. The Statistician...Read More
The Guma Valley Water Company and its partners on Friday, May 27, 2022 successfully completed the replacements of the leaking Scour and Gate Valves at the Guma Dam Tunnel at Mile 13. The replacement of the valves which were installed in the mid-1960s, is one of the Works packages under the Freetown Water Supply Rehabilitation...Read More
