By George M.O. Williams Local authorities and government functionaries have described FG Gold, a transformational gold exploration and development company operating in Baomahun town in Bo District, as a responsible company that has fulfilled its promises to the communities where it operates. This disclosure was made by local authorities, members of the landowning families, a member of parliament, community youths, women’s representatives, and stakeholders of the mining communities, when FG...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone becomes the first country, among those most severely affected ten years ago by the West Africa Ebola outbreak, to launch nationwide preventive Ebola vaccination, targeting 20,000 frontline workers who will receive a single dose of Ebola vaccine The campaign comes one decade after the 2014 Ebola PHEIC – the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history – during which Sierra Leone was the country hardest-hit, including...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown Terminal Limited (FTL), a subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics (AGL), has taken a proactive step towards promoting employee welfare and public health by implementing a program aimed at encouraging its staff to know their HIV status. This initiative aligns with global efforts to combat HIV/AIDS by emphasizing awareness, prevention, and early detection as key strategies in addressing the epidemic. In commemoration of World AIDS Day,...Read More
Ishmael Bayoh, Information Attachè, Sierra Leone Embassy Dakar, Senegal The Director of Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Culture in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture of Senegal, Mr. Khalilou Sow has revealed three projects on which Senegal and Sierra Leone could collaborate. Mr. Sow and delegation on Friday, December 6, 2024, visited the Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar to view works of 12 talented Sierra Leonean artists...Read More
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – December 9, 2024: At a high-level ministerial workshop hosted by the Government of Sierra Leone on Friday in Freetown under the auspices of the World Bank Group and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Ministers of Energy and Finance from the Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Mauritania, Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone endorsed the Freetown Declaration on Regional Collaboration for Scaling Renewable Energy in West and...Read More