A deadly new drug is spreading across countries in West Africa, wreaking havoc in local communities. The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies, falling over and injuring themselves as they fall asleep on foot, with a dozen dying every week and thousands being hospitalized. The drug is mostly taken by men...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu As part of its engagement with the Government of Sierra Leone and the private sector, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the European Union, will on Thursday, January 18, 2024 organizing a technical roundtable in Freetown targeting public and private sector stakeholders to facilitate...Read More
Social media is awash with audio messages from unknown persons calling on the people of Sierra Leone to stay at home today 17th January 2024, claiming that sections of the country’s military will be out on the streets protesting against the government. The government has been quick in quelling the rumours making the rounds. Both the...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone has engaged representatives from the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) on the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System (CHESS) Technical Committee research implementation plans. The engagement was geared towards updating NCRA representatives about the work done so far by the CHESS Technical Committee, and informing them about the readiness of Stats SL to...Read More
The Minority Leader of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hon. Abdul Kargbo, has explained to COCORIOKO why he and other parliamentary members of the APC party paid a courtesy call on President Bio on Tuesday. The highly respected parliamentary leader said the meeting with President Bio was in the supreme interest of the...Read More
