The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital (SLPTH) in partnership with ECOWAS Commission on Monday, April 25, 2022, commenced a 10-day training on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) phase II of Colombo Plan on substance use disorder in the conference hall of the Psychiatric Hospital in Freetown. The Executive...Read More
Deborah Fatima Conteh of the Lunsar Cycling Team was first in the prestigious Accra Criterium on Saturday, April 16, 2022. It is the largest criterium city of Accra. Ms. Conteh made an amazing triumph in the women’s race beating a 20-rider international field in a sprint finish. She watched the riders in the pack, fought...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called on the country’s independent media to be more innovative with their business models, noting that the successes of his government, over the last four years, have been supported by a confident and more professional media. “But media practitioners also need to re-imagine and adapt their business models in...Read More
At least nine people have been killed and 25 others injured when a Mercedes Benz Truck rammed into a stationary Vehicle along at Rochen Village, Yoni Mamala Chiefdom, along the Mile 91/Moyamba Junction highway in the early hours of Saturday, April, 23, 2022. The dead include three women and a child. There are fears that...Read More
CF Montréal forward and Major League Soccer’s fifth all-time leading goalscorer Kei Kamara announced in a Twitter post on Thursday that he is calling an end to his international career with Sierra Leone. Kamara, 37, has played for the Leone Stars since 2008 after becoming a pro in MLS in 2006. Despite some recent turbulence...Read More
The Housemates Salone season 3 reality show will start on May 22, 2022, with a star prize of Le, 250 million and a round trip to Dubai for the winner, a Senior official of the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire said on Friday. This year’s edition is dubbed; ‘D Game Get Yagba, if you...Read More
Sierra Leone’s burgeoning artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector provides critical livelihoods for women and young men in a place where viable income-generating options are few. But the country’s ASGM sector is also largely informal and associated with a range of serious social and environmental challenges, including mercury use. In response, the government of...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone often failed to indict the most senior officials involved in corrupt practices but rather choose to charge lower-level officials instead, according to United State Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2021. It was also reported that, even though the commission had increased the number of corruption investigations, but...Read More
Considering their primary function as a revenue generating agency, the Eastern Region Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has engaged staff of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) in Kenema on ‘Upholding Integrity in Revenue Generation’. The meeting was held at the NRA Office in Kenema on April 20, 2022. Speaking on the topic, Senior Public...Read More
The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone has in a unanimous decision ruled that the vehicular movement ban during the 2018 general elections which was imposed by the Inspector General of Police was unconstitutional, unlawful and violates the right of the plaintiff , Lawyer Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah. The decision of the Supreme Court on Thursday April...Read More
