The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has said in a statement that aggrieved students alleged to have paid monies to unknown person, who do not have no connection to the Wellington Senior Secondary School (Orphanage) for them to be assisted to take the ongoing West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). MBSSE...Read More
Justice Momoh Jah Stevens presiding the Sexual Offense Model Court on Friday, May 20, 2022, sentenced 33-year-old Alhaji Fofana to 15 years in prison for sexually penetrating an eight-year-old girl. The convict was before the court on one count of sexual penetration of a child contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of...Read More
Six (6) newly recruited paralegals from three chiefdoms – Kori, Kamajei and Bumpeh – in Moyamba District have benefitted from a one-day capacity-building training at the head office of the Legal Aid Board on Wilberforce Street in Freetown on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The paralegal were recruited with funding from the United Nations Development Programme...Read More
The Guma valley Water Company in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Minister and Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday, May 19, 2022 handed over the project site for the construction of the Angola Town Water Supply System to China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO) at a ceremony at Angola Town which was witnessed...Read More
After 10 years of planning and construction work, the new double lane Magbele Bridge along the Masiaka-Rogebere highway, funded by the European Union, was commissioned on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Good news: The new modern Magbele Bridge is ready! Big inauguration ceremony at the bank of the Rokel River near the village of Magbele! 10...Read More
Felix Omonya, IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation Justin Wagner, IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation As part of broader cancer control efforts, including the development of its National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP), the Government of Sierra Leone is planning the establishment of the country’s first cancer treatment hospital – a radiotherapy facility. To support the country’s efforts, and help...Read More
National Identification Number (NIN) will become a precondition for Processing Sierra Leone Passport, work permit, resident permit, and other immigration services effective June 1, 2022, the government announced on Monday. The National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), the Immigration Department of Sierra Leone and the Ministry of labour and Social Security, said in a joint communiqué...Read More
Sierra Leone will start African Cup Nations 2023 qualifying campaign against Nigeria on June 9 in Abuja, Nigeria, as coach John Keister names his team ahead of the doubleheader. The Leone will open camp in the neighbouring Guinean before travelling to Nigeria. Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja will host Nigeria’s 2023 AFCON opening qualifier against...Read More
Orange Sierra Leone, the country’s leading telecoms operator has handed over a modern preschool to Lokomasama community in Port Loko District on behalf of government. The new school named the ‘Kombra Nursery School’ is the fourth to be handed over to government, and plans for additional facilities to the school are underway. The fifth pre-school...Read More
A man in Sierra Leone’s Capital, Freetown has been in hiding since 2021 for fear of being killed after locals learned that he was bisexual. Amadu Sankoh has been bisexual since he was in high school, but he kept it secret because being part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Sierra Leone is associated with risk, a closed relative of Sankoh told this medium on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. He said that Sankoh went into hiding for fear of persecution....Read More
