The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) on their State of Human Rights Report 2019, has observed that four hearing and speech impaired (deaf and dumb) pupils at the Vine Memorial Secondary School have no sign language interpreter to assist them in learning. It is also captured in the Report that when its monitors visited...Read More
Freetown – January 16, 2021 (KMN) Helen Keller International (HKI) has trained members of the Kombra Network (KN) as part of the preparation for an upcoming campaign against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The campaign which entails mass drug distribution is scheduled for February and targeting people in four districts. NTDs are viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases...Read More
Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone in collaboration with Speak Up Africa will hold its first Malaria and Health awards on January 22, 2021 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. The award ceremony is part of effort to recognize journalists who have done so much in educating communities about Malaria and to also recognize people...Read More
The Centre for Memory and Reparation has on Monday, January 18, 2021, observed a day of national reconciliation by showing a movie depicting the true-life experience of the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone. The Centre for Memory is a Think Tank established to facilitate remembrance and generating a common narrative for victims of...Read More
Sources close to the Ross Road Police Station have revealed that a 22-year-old woman, Adamsay Fofanah, formerly of no 27 Effort Lane, Cline Town, Freetown, was found dead in her room in the early hours of Friday, December 18th, 2020. She herself is reasonably suspected to have ended her life. According to Issa Conteh, husband to...Read More
