By Ibrahim S. Bangura The management of Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts (BAMPA) on Friday June 28, 2024, has officially opened the refurbished building at 27 Liverpool Street in Freetown, after a period of six months’ construction, providing a more friendly environment for arts education. The event was attended by many government officials,...Read More
Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder Knowhep Foundation Sierra Leone, with the support of the World Hepatitis Alliance has addressed an open letter dated Thursday 27th June 2024 to the Minister of Health , Dr Austin Demby to urge Miniter Demby’s support in the fight against Hepatitis. The Letter was titled:...Read More
Osman Yaah, an alumnus of the UNDP’s Accelerator Lab, has won the esteemed 2024 President Bio Innovation Award for his revolutionary Auto Smart Irrigation and Energy Solutions. This innovative agriculture solution has earned him the Presidential Star Prize of US$30,000, which will be used to scale up his project and make it accessible to more...Read More
The National Sports Authority (NSA) on Thursday, June 27, 2025, brought together eighty sports administrators from 59 sporting bodies to commence institutionalization process of the Sierra Leone Anti-doping Authority and Position of Trust (POT) at the City Hall View in Freetown. The one-day engagement set clear guidelines on the policies and code of conduct that...Read More
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Princess Dugba has called on women in the country to engage in sustainable Fish Farming activities that would serve as alternative source of livelihoods. Speaking at a ceremony where Agriculture Equipment and other inputs were symbolically presented to Women in Agriculture with support from UN WOMEN at Ma-Nyande...Read More
By Victoria Schneider Findings from a second round of investigations into allegations of human rights abuses on plantations owned by Belgian company Socfin have been published. Supply chain consultancy Earthworm Foundation found evidence of sexual violence and land conflict, following similar findings from other plantations in West and Central Africa published in December 2023. Around one...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Headline inflation in Sierra Leone decreased from 40.69 percent in March 2024 to 38,06 percent in April 2024 and further to 35.84 percent in May 2024, according to the policy statement of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL). The Committee which met on June 24, 2024,...Read More
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
