The National Sports Authority (NSA) on Thursday, June 27, 2025, brought together eighty sports administrators from 59 sporting bodies to commence institutionalization process of the Sierra Leone Anti-doping Authority and Position of Trust (POT) at the City Hall View in Freetown. The one-day engagement set clear guidelines on the policies and code of conduct that relate...Read More
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Princess Dugba has called on women in the country to engage in sustainable Fish Farming activities that would serve as alternative source of livelihoods. Speaking at a ceremony where Agriculture Equipment and other inputs were symbolically presented to Women in Agriculture with support from UN WOMEN at Ma-Nyande Village,...Read More
By Victoria Schneider Findings from a second round of investigations into allegations of human rights abuses on plantations owned by Belgian company Socfin have been published. Supply chain consultancy Earthworm Foundation found evidence of sexual violence and land conflict, following similar findings from other plantations in West and Central Africa published in December 2023. Around one plantation,...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Headline inflation in Sierra Leone decreased from 40.69 percent in March 2024 to 38,06 percent in April 2024 and further to 35.84 percent in May 2024, according to the policy statement of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL). The Committee which met on June 24, 2024, was...Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in the framework of the Global Health Security (GHS) Program, launched the Second Cohort of In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. The training aims to strengthen...Read More
