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
Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 percent The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into...Read More
Sierra Leone Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 opened the Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality through Education Conference at the Bintumani Conference Center in Freetown. The Vice President, in his keynote address, explained about achievements made by the Government of Sierra Leone on gender parity in schools through transformative...Read More
The United Nations (UN) is conducting an independent evaluation of its response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. As part of a large range of consultations and interviews being done across selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies across Sierra Leone, Ted Freeman, the independent consultant hired by the UN Secretary General’s Office, on Wednesday, May 18 2022,...Read More
A new anti-trafficking think tank based in Sierra Leone will advise and assist on current efforts to reduce child trafficking in the country and help create a sustainable national plan to combat human trafficking long term. The think tank is founded by the African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) at the University...Read More
Old Edwardians moved out of the relegation zone on Monday after two first-half goals from Michael Kargbo and Mohamed Kamara gave them a 2-0 win over struggling Central Parade. The May Park Boys, 17th before this match, moved up to 15th, a point above the relegation zone. Old Edwardians have won four of their last...Read More
The Chairman of Port Loko District Council, Mr. Ibrahim Santigie Bangura has applauded the European Union for providing funds for the development of communities in the port Loko District and the country. The Port Loko District Council is one of the beneficiaries of the European Union funded project: “Strengthening Local Governance, Decentralization and Sustainable Urban...Read More
Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 has upheld the application made by Lawyer Charles Francis Margai, lead defense counsel for Kemoh Sesay, and ordered for the matter to be treated as Preliminary Investigation. Delivering his ruling shortly after the matter was mentioned yesterday, he said upon hearing the application of the defense...Read More
It is a criminal offence to assault a police officer in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting an officer in the course of his duty. But it is now commonplace in Sierra Leone to see commercial drivers and bike riders assaulting police officers during the execution of their duties. This has warranted...Read More
