The Legal Aid Board has begun deploying six National Youth Service Corps in five office locations in the country. This follows a one-day orientation in Freetown on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The corps will be stationed in Bo, Kenema, Waterloo and Freetown where they will assist with paralegal work. The Executive Director of Legal Aid Board,...Read More
February 17, 2021, Makeni City – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the Government of Sierra Leone to establish a One Health governance structure for Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial use (AMU) surveillance in the human and animal health sectors. AMR poses...Read More
The Sierra Embassy in Egypt has facilitated the repatriation of a two-year-old boy in Sierra Leone after the death of a Sierra Leonean mother Miss Aminata Doumbouya in Cairo on November 16, 2020. According to the Information Attaché, Mohamed B. Kallon, since the death of the mother, the two-year-old toddler has been living with his aunt...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, ratified loan agreements to improve the education sector through the establishment of the University of Science and Technology in Koidu Town, Kono District. The agreement which was ratified by Parliament is: 1. Loan Agreement Between the ECOWAS Bank For Investment and Development (EBID) and the...Read More
Just a few months after the longest-serving Chairman of the Central One Football Association passes on, a new executive has been elected to carry on the day to day affairs of the association which is why on Tuesday they pay a courtesy call on the Minister of Sports at the Bishop House Office in Freetown. The...Read More
