By Desmond Tunde Coker Freetown, February 21, 2025 – The Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, will be representing Sierra Leone at the II International Sports Fair in Havana, Cuba, from February 23 to 27, 2025. This invitation was extended by the President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER) of Cuba,...Read More
The lab will accelerate diagnoses and improve patient care at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital PIH Sierra Leone Lab Technician James Koroma (left), Lab Technician Elizabeth Gbondo (center), and Volunteer Sahr Solomon Foryoh (right) in the recently opened microbiology lab at Koidu Government Hospital on February 6, 2025. Photo by Chiara Herold / PIH In rural Sierra...Read More
From religious groups to a lack of adequate sensitization, the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare bill faces a range of challenges that could further endanger the people who need it the most. An advertisement by the Government to promote antenatal check up on March 7, 2014 in Bo district, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has a high...Read More
By Zainab Sunkary Koroma In the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s brutal 11-year civil war, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established under the Lome Peace Accord to promote healing and reconciliation. Among its many recommendations was a call for press freedom, enshrined in Section 75 of Volume 2, Chapter 3 of the 2004 TRC report....Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu State House, Freetown, Saturday, February 22, 2025 – In recognition of his exceptional contributions to gender equality and education, Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio received two distinguished continental awards: the African HeForShe Champion of the Year—2024 and the Presidential African Intelligence Award—2024. These awards were presented by Her Excellency Dr...Read More
