The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in the framework of the Global Health Security (GHS) Program, launched the Second Cohort of In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. The training aims to...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba who presides over Court-martial trial, has on Thursday, June 27, 2024, dismissed the no case submissions made by defense counsels on behalf of six soldiers who are standing trial on 88 counts including mutiny, failure to suppress mutiny, murder, aiding the enemy, communicating with the enemy, conspiracy...Read More
Top of Form By Stephen V. Lansana Kumba Manchendeh, and Sahr Mbayo (not their real names) are all transported to mining communities by their foster parents. They took them to the communities with the hope of giving them a better life, but later both minors ended working at the mining sites as laborers. Kumba is...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Dasu Jawara and Mariama Jawara on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, appeared before Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Kabala Court for allegedly beating their landlord Shekuba Kamara to death. Both accused Dasu Jawara and Mariama Jawara are standing trial before Magistrate Daboh on two counts of conspiracy and murder contrary to law. According to...Read More
By Zainab Kanu Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) is an eco-tourism hub in Freetown located on the outskirts of Freetown in the Western Area Peninsular National Park. It focuses on the protection and promotion of the National Animal in Sierra Leone, the chimpanzees since 1995 and also engaged in community development and outreach in different places....Read More
The air is electric with anticipation as the Sierra Leone Broadcasters Association (SiLBA) prepares for its grand inauguration at the prestigious New Brookfields Hotel on the 4th of July 2024. This momentous occasion will see popular the BBC’s Senior Journalist, Umaru Fofana, take the helm as the official chairperson of the event, alongside the esteemed...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Monday, June 24, 2024, secured USD$800 million pledges from international development and financial institutions at the High-level Sierra Leone Investment Roundtable on Renewable Energy and Food Security on Tin Vienna, Austria, according to a statement from the Office of President. The event was...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The 2023 standard-bearer for the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has urged citizens to have ‘trust in the Lord with all your heart’. In a statement titled: “A New Dawn for Sierra Leone as we Reclaim Democracy”, which he posted on his social media handle X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday,...Read More
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Senior Health Education Officer – HEP/MoH As the country continues to record more cases of Measles, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with its partners will embark on a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign to reach all eligible children with the much-needed lifesaving vaccine. The Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunization...Read More
Ibrahim S. Bangura commonly known as I-Bangs, a multitalented musician in the east of Freetown, on Saturday June 29, 2024 will release a new song titled, ‘Temeh Fa Fa’, which means in Susu Baby Come Now. He features Double King, one of his voice tutors at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts (BAMPA)....Read More
