Students at DTU often bring the latest technical expertise to the technical-humanitarian organization Engineers Without Border’s (IUG) development projects.This year, 60 BEng students collaborate with engineering students from Sierra Leone in a challenge to provide basic access to water in the West African country. This happens as part of the Innovation Pilot course, which is...Read More
One Gbassay Kamara has explained how she was allegedly robbed by Mohamed Mansaray, Yusuf Kabba and Ishmeal Junior Bangalie at her building site at Ogoo Farm. It is alleged that on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Ogoo Farm in the Western Area Rural District, the accused persons conspired with other persons unknown to robbed complainant...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has reintroduced reward and incentives scheme for informants, whistleblowers and citizens who would pass on information relating to corrupt practices to the ACC, the Commission said in a statement on Thursday. A whistleblower is a legal term for an employee who reports his or her employer’s violation of the law to...Read More
The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has on Tuesday, March 1,2022, held discussion with the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney, in a bid to foster growth and investment opportunities in crickets. The talks were geared towards five key focused areas namely: the Sussex Cricket Project, the Fourah Bay College Cricket Project, school...Read More
One of Sierra Leone leading mobile telecom operators, Orange Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, March, 2022 opened its high-tech and refurbished headquarters at Hill Station in Freetown. The Chief Executive Officer, Orange Sierra Leone, Aminata Kane said the high-tech head office is to improve its network capacity through its modernized digital platform, adding that the...Read More
Andrew Modupeh Bonnie, commonly known as Modumili, a local musician in the west of Freetown, has on Tuesday, March 1,2022 released a video song, ‘Genesis’. According to Modumili, the title of the video song could be associated to the creation story in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. He wanted to send out a...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has committed to have more children improve on learning outcomes. This commitment was made at sector review conference on Thursday, March 23, 2022 at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown. While chairing the deliberation, the Chief Education Officer...Read More
Supervisory soil survey officer for BAFs project The European Union (EU) funded Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) Project through the Agricultural Engineering Division Ministry of Agriculture (MoF) is currently undertaking a comprehensive nationwide Soil Survey. The exercise is being implemented through the Njala University (NU), as well as the National Authorizing Office (NAO) as...Read More
The antiviral drug molnupiravir is conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe covid-19 who are at highest risk of hospitalisation, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today. Patients who are at highest risk of hospitalisation typically include those who are unvaccinated, older people, and those with weak immune systems or...Read More
The Senegalese Minister of Labour, Social Dialogue and Relations with Institutions, M. Samba Sy on Monday February 28, 2022 hosted Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance (SLeSHI) delegation led by the Hon. Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh. The Sierra Leone delegation was in Senegal on a learning mission on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health...Read More
