Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on 18 September 18, 2024, shared her insights on the future of urban sustainability and policy, Freetown’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities at the Imperial College’s Global Development Hub in London. To achieve the SDGs, she said, C40...Read More
By Helen Keller Intl For nearly 10 years, Boncapri Sesay has served as a peer educator, providing counseling and guidance to pregnant and breastfeeding women in her own community. Regularly hosting a group that meets under a mango tree in her rural village in Sierra Leone’s Northern Province, she is keen to share her knowledge about the special...Read More
IMF completes credit facility arrangement with Sierra Leone By Alusine Sesay International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies and reforms that could be supported by a new 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, with requested access of SDR 187 million (about US$253 million), the IMF...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura New Life Movie, a prominent film production company in Sierra Leone, has debuted its latest film, Fatima, aimed at supporting the government’s initiatives for girl child education, combating early marriage, and addressing gender-based violence. These issues significantly impact the progress of young girls in the country. Lamin Jalloh, known as Lamtec, the...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura and George M.O. Williams At least 16 people have died, and dozens were unaccounted for when a seven-storey building collapsed Monday morning in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, hospital sources said Thursday. Mr. Sinneh Kamara, Administrative Assistant University of Sierra Leone Connaught Teaching Hospital Complex, said the dead included five children. Rescue teams...Read More
