By Desmond Lewis On April 4th and 5th, Amnesty International’s Sierra Leone chapter organized a specialized training session at its national secretariat in Freetown. Over 35 district focal persons attended the event, aimed at equipping participants with the skills needed to monitor detention centers in line with the United Nations’ Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment...Read More
Globally, women’s health during pregnancy and childbirth is better than ever before. This is owing to medical advances, and because more women have control over their reproductive choices and can access respectful, high-quality maternal care. Since 2000, the world has seen a remarkable 40 per cent drop in global maternal mortality. For the first time, no...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, April 8, 2025—Tension flared at the Pademba Road Court on Tuesday morning as two Nigerian inmates staged a daring escape attempt from the court’s holding cell. The prisoners, remanded at the Pademba Road Correctional Centre, reportedly made their move just before their scheduled court appearance. Eyewitnesses described the commotion as the pair...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, April 7, 2025—Sierra Leone has achieved a remarkable reduction in maternal mortality, with deaths decreasing from 443 to 354 per 100,000 live births between 2020 and 2023. This milestone was announced by Minister of Health Dr. Austin Demby during the commemoration of World Health Day 2025 at the Ministry’s Conference Room...Read More
At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual spot for buying kush, a cheap synthetic drug ravaging young people in the country. “This kush is so addictive,” she said. “If I don’t smoke, I feel sick.”...Read More
