Ahead of the June 24 election, a rematch of the 2018 vote, familiar issues of identity and economic stagnation are also competing on the ballot. By Jamie Hitchen Freetown, Sierra Leone – On April 23, President Julius Maada Bio and Kandeh Yumkella danced together at a public function in Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital, effectively signalling the start...Read More
By Xinhua The Chinese medical team on Friday donated a batch of medical supplies to the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in Freetown, the West African country’s capital, to help boost its medical service. The supplies, which include a variety of medicines and equipment, are essential and urgent in enhancing the hospital’s capacity for diagnoses and treatment,...Read More
St. Michaels Field, Low-cost, East End Freetown, Wednesday 31 May 2023 – Youth in Calaba Town, Wellington and Low-cost in the east of Freetown have come out in their numbers to receive Dr Julius Maada Bio as the candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP, where some of their leadership openly apologised on behalf of...Read More
By Nicholas Kristof FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — One of the misimpressions people have about the world is that it’s going to hell. Perhaps that’s because humanity’s great triumph over the last half-century — huge reductions in poverty, disease and early death — goes largely unacknowledged. Just about the worst thing that can happen to anyone is to...Read More
The Sierra Leone Men’s T20 Cricket Premier League is screeching to a tense halt after 42 days of 20 competitive clashes among seven zealous clubs. The second week of June will feature the Men’s grand finale as highly rated, all match winner Mid-West face boisterous newcomer Special Line for an epic show. The Prince of Wales...Read More
