The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 900 oxygen cylinders with regulators and humidifiers to the Minister of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in Sierra Leone, to fulfil a heightened demand for medical oxygen. As with many low and middle income countries (LMICs) across the world, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaps across health systems in both...Read More
The Western Area Rural District will be included in the school feeding programme next academic year which will commence in September 2022, targeting a total of 800,000 pupils nationwide. According to the Deputy Minister ll of Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Madam Mamusu Patricia Massaquoi, who managed the School Feeding Programme, the school...Read More
Sierra Leone defender, Osman Kakay insists the Leone Stars can beat the Super Eagles in their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. John Keister’s men will be up against the Super Eagles next week Thursday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. The Leone Stars rallied back from four-goals down to hold the Super Eagles to...Read More
Minister of Water Resources, Ing. Philip Karimu Lansana, says a three-prong approach including community partnership is needed to be put in place to solve the issue of inadequate water supply to the Aberdeen community in the west of Freetown. The Minister led a tour of the Aberdeen community on Thursday 2nd June 2, 2022 to...Read More
The Chiefdom authority of Sahn-Malen Chiefdom together with some Civil Society Organizations have condemned a petition making the rounds on social media by the Malen Landowners Association supported by Green Scenery and partners. The petition, according to community sources, 60% of the names in the petition were apparently inserted to appease their financial partners. According...Read More
The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone in partnership with the Sierra Leone School Green Club yesterday organised a poetry and arts competition for Senior Secondary Schools at the Freetown City Council auditorium, as part of celebrations marking World Environment Day 2022. Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation, Gerald Hatler, while delivering the keynote...Read More
The National Election Watch (NEW), a coalition of civil society organisations, has said in a statement on Thursday that the Mid-Term Census remains a flawed process; consequently, its provisional results can’t be the basis for future planning and growth of Sierra Leone. “Moreover, the process remains controversial, lacks inclusivity, and was ill-prepared for, as noted...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday, June 2, 2022, joined the First Lady, Madam Fatima Bio, to commemorate the International Menstrual Hygiene Day and to launch the 2022 free sanitary pads distribution for school going girls in the country. Country Director for GOAL Sierra Leone, James Riak Mathiang, said his organisation had...Read More
Education stakeholders, including national and local government, civil society organizations, education development partners, parliamentarians, youth representatives and the private sector came together to re-imagine education in Sierra Leone and set bold goals for the country as part of consultations for the Transforming Education Summit which will take place in New York in September 2022. The...Read More
PRESS RELEASE Freetown, 3rd June 2022: The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Sierra Leone School Green Club (SLSGC) will on Monday 6th June 2022, organise a youth climate poetry and arts competition for Senior Secondary Schools, to raise awareness on the impact of climate change and environmental degradation...Read More
