President Dr Julius Maada Bio has taken the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a symbolic ceremony on Monday at State House, where Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and opposition politicians also took the jab. Before the vaccination, the President responded to the declaration of purpose of the occasion by Minister of Health and Sanitation,...Read More
The Director General of Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA), Mr. Fodeba Daboh, and the Commissioner of the National Youth Commission (NAYCOM), Ngolo Thomas Katta have on Friday, March 12, 2021, assured IZELIA Textile and Design Training Hub of government support. They gave this assurance during the opening ceremony of the IZELIA Garments, Textile, Design and...Read More
Mohamed Kaifala Sesay, Programme Officer, Sierra Leone Albinism Foundation. Photo by Stephen V. Lansana Q: I ask this of everyone: what myths have you heard in Sierra Leone about albinism? MKS: There are so many myths and misconceptions. In Sierra Leone, people believe that persons living with albinism do not die. This is just mere fabrication...Read More
The Organising Secretary for Zone 16, Constituency 020 of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in Kenema city, Wahab Kanneh has sustained two stab wounds and head injuries in an intra-party violence on Saturday March 13, 2021 at the Party’s office in Kenema. According to trusted sources, Ahead of the lower-level elections within the...Read More
In an official correspondence to the Sierra Leone Football Association by CAF dated the March 10, 2021, the CAF Emergency Committee has s, “based on the covid-19 pandemic and current travel restrictions”, decided to exceptionally lift the ban on the Siaka Stevens Stadium and allow only the remaining AFCON 2021 Qualifiers (match-day 5 and 6) to...Read More
