China Kingho, a company that will resume operation at the Tonkolili Iron ore mines, has on July 3, 2020, donated 20,000 N95 protective face masks to the National Covid-19 Response Centre (NaCOVERC). “Shortly after the first case was discovered in Sierra Leone, we immediately ordered the masks from China, and were sent by express. However, due...Read More
As part of the framework for ensuring transparency and accountability in the use of public funds in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the north-east Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and her team have embarked on a tour of COVID-19 command centres in the region. In her engagement with three of the four command...Read More
For the year of 2020, Europe and Africa have set themselves an ambitious agenda for an ever stronger EU-Africa Partnership. The new President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, made her first official visit outside the EU to Addis Ababa underlining the EU’s strong commitment to advance the partnership. Europe and Africa are...Read More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has on July 7, 2020, handed over Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to support the operations of the Ministry’s Situation Room. The equipment, which has been procured with financial support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), includes...Read More
Julius Maada Bio has on Wednesday July 8, 2020, decorated three newly promoted Brigadier-Generals of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) during a ceremony held at State House. They are Albert Sylvester Bockarie, Amara Idara Bangura and Abdulai Berber Jalloh. In a brief statement, the President congratulated the new Generals, saying that they had...Read More
