By Sallieu S. Kanu A team of German doctors and Choithram Memorial Hospital have provided free medical procedures to dozens of less privileged Sierra Leoneans. The medical camp at the Choithram Hospital was facilitated by Dr. M’baimba Lamin Baryoh, Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Germany, in collaboration with Interplast Germany. The German team comprises nine specialists,...Read More
The Electricity Sector in Sierra Leone faces a lot of challenges. The country’s power sector has a capacity of about 100 MW, whereas it requires 500 MW of interrupted power. The deficit is the reason why only 26.7 percent of the total population currently has access to electricity. Electricity cost in Sierra Leone is among...Read More
The Minority Leader of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hon. Abdul Kargbo, has explained to COCORIOKO why he and other parliamentary members of the APC party paid a courtesy call on President Bio on Tuesday. The highly respected parliamentary leader said the meeting with President Bio was in the supreme interest of...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone has engaged representatives from the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) on the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System (CHESS) Technical Committee research implementation plans. The engagement was geared towards updating NCRA representatives about the work done so far by the CHESS Technical Committee, and informing them about the readiness of Stats SL...Read More
Social media is awash with audio messages from unknown persons calling on the people of Sierra Leone to stay at home today 17th January 2024, claiming that sections of the country’s military will be out on the streets protesting against the government. The government has been quick in quelling the rumours making the rounds. Both...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu As part of its engagement with the Government of Sierra Leone and the private sector, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the European Union, will on Thursday, January 18, 2024 organizing a technical roundtable in Freetown targeting public and private sector stakeholders to...Read More
A deadly new drug is spreading across countries in West Africa, wreaking havoc in local communities. The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies, falling over and injuring themselves as they fall asleep on foot, with a dozen dying every week and thousands being hospitalized. The drug is mostly taken by...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Samuel O. Taylor of the High Court has on Wednesday 17th January 2024 reviewed the bail condition and has admitted former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma who is standing trial for treason and other offenses permission to travel out of the country to seek medical attention, on the condition that the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Komba Kamanda of the High Court in Freetown has on Tuesday 16th January 2024 turned down an application for bail on behalf of Bai Mamoud Bangura, the 8th accused person in the treason trial following the November 26th failed coup attempt. Lawyer Africanus Sorie Sesay made the application for the former Minister...Read More
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has initiated the implementation of a Maternal and Newborn Care project in Sierra Leone. On 8-13 January 2024, the Church worked together with Project Hope, and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health to launch the health program which will focus on training midwives and other health care...Read More
