By Sallieu S. Kanu The campaign to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is gaining ground in the northern district of Port Loko. Sixty Soweis on Monday, July 24, 2023, made public declaration to drop their knife, razor, and other instruments which they normally use to remove clitoris of girls and women during the Bondo initiation. They...Read More
FREETOWN, July 24 (Xinhua) — A delegation of three Chinese medical doctors on Monday was received in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to help the country fight cervical cancer. The doctors, who are from China’s Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, are expected to spend more than two weeks offering technical support and...Read More
Kenya’s Junior Cricket Men’s Team began their ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup Africa Qualifier (50 Overs) on a winning note following a four-wicket win over Sierra Leone yesterday following Sunday’s opening day washout against hosts Tanzania. The West Africans had won the toss selecting to bat first and in the process posted a total of 140...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Serra Leone’s back-to-back champions Bo Rangers will start the first-round preliminary campaign against Liberian side LISCR. The winner will face Algeria Crbelouizdadoff in the next round. If Bo Rangers are fortunate to win the said tie, they will face last season’s group-stage Algeria side Crbelouizdadoff. In another development, FC Kallon will commence...Read More
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone, Brig. Gen. Prof. Foday Sahr on Monday, July 24, 2023 signed a “memorandum of agreement” with the Country Director of the faith-based international non-profit charitable organization, Mercy Ships. The trust of the agreement is a collaboration between USL and Mercy Ships for the training of healthcare...Read More
