The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) through the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will be submitting the list of 680 teachers including 203 Heads of Schools from different public schools for retirement in 2023. According to the Secretary of TSC, Mr. Sorie I. Turay, their retirement takes effect on August 31, 2023 and...Read More
Sierra Leone is among 28 countries in Africa where Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting is known to be practiced and regularly performed in a ‘secret society’ called the Bondo Society. According to the 2019 Demographic Health Survey, 83 percent of women aged 15-49 have undergone FGM, a decrease from 90 percent in 2013. The Human Rights...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is gravely concerned about death threats directed against citizens and state functionaries on social media. These threats are aimed at causing the targeted functionaries’ insecurity and serious discomfort, the police said in a statement it put out on Wednesday. “The threats are also intended to blackmail...Read More
Staff at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) are reeling from the theft on 20th July 2023, of the organization’s brand new Toyota Land Cruiser, essential for chimpanzee rescues. Without a suitable replacement, their ability to save the lives of endangered chimpanzees and carry out critical field operations is severely compromised. Tacugama has launched an appeal...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Technical Department of the Sierra Leone Football Association is set to hold a Coach Instructors’ Course designed to train trainers of coaches to develop the profession across the Country, through capacity building. The course will take place from Wednesday the 2nd of August to Wednesday the 23rd of August 2023...Read More
By Dr. med. Mustapha S. Kabba For those of us on the ground in Sierra Leone, the challenges we face daily in providing healthcare services underscore the grave disparities present across the various corners of our planet when it comes to our ability, or lack thereof, to heal. In Sierra Leone, the most dramatic example...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone has placed a temporary ban on the movement of livestock and meat imports from neighbouring Liberia after 36 cows died near the border, the government said in a statement on Monday. The government said that it is stepping up surveillance for possible anthrax. Authorities in Liberian said the cattle...Read More
By Staff Writer Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has appointed 32-year-old Salima Mormorna Bah as the new Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation. Bah, will now lead Sierra Leone’s digital journey developing initiatives that promote the use of technology to develop the country. Bak holds an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Wales (Holborn...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Tuesday released results for the 2023 National Primary School Examination (NPSE). The results show that 8 (73%) of the 11 top performers are girls. Davies Floydalin from the Murray-Deen Preparatory School took the first position with aggregate 339; Davies Floyd from...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Doctor Brima Sesay a District Medical Officer Northern, was on Friday July 14th 2023, arraigned for the Crime of Fraudulent Conversion before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Court No 2. Pademba Road, Freetown, for allegedly duping a Sierra Leonean US Citizen thousands of dollars and several items and fail to pay her.The...Read More
