Sierra Leone, on Monday March 8, 2021 received the first batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government of Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The arrival of the vaccines is a historic step towards ensuring equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in...Read More
Sierra Leone Ambassador to Egypt, Morie Fofana has been honored in Egypt to officially open the first-ever export and trade fair organized by Hnsana W. Nsadar in Cairo during an official ceremony held on Thursday, February 11, 2021. The ceremony was themed: “we will produce and export”. The aim of the Trade Fair is to...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has on Saturday, February 20, 2021, visited a youth skills training programme targeting about 1,540 young people learning road construction at the Bandajuma-Liberia border road project funded by the European Union (EU). He thanked partners for this possible, among them, the EU Ambassador, Tom Vens; the head of...Read More
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has said on Friday, February 19, 2021, that in 18 months his government will build and furnish a Junior and Senior Secondary School of Excellence exclusively for girls. He made the disclosure during a visit in Pujehun district, southern Sierra Leone. “It will cater for 300 pupils…It will be a...Read More
The Lifeline Nehemiah Projects in Kuntorloh, Wellington, east of Freetown, on Friday February 5, 2021, concluded a two-day orientation ceremony for over 300 new students who have been admitted to pursue a one year training course in various professions including Hospitality, Electrical Installation, Information Technology, Motor Mechanics and Plumbing. Addressing the students, the Director of...Read More
Christian Lawyers Centre also referred to as LEGAL LINK, a non – profit legal advocacy group, has outrightly condemned in the strongest of terms the just formed National Union of SLPP Lecturers and demand it immediate dissolution. The Organization said in a statement on Tuesday that, at a time when academic learning particularly within tertiary...Read More
On October 9, 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated December 9, as the International Anti-Corruption Day. It is a day that was set aside to raise awareness of corruption, picturing the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. The International Anti-Corruption Day is primarily meant to...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has on Monday November 9, 2020, paid out Le 80 million owed to 21 former casual workers of GTIEX Company in salary arrears and benefits. This was achieved after a long drawn battle in the industrial court before settling for an out of court settlement and a then consent judgment in...Read More
Sierra Leone has again, in three consecutive years, increased its score in the ‘Control of Corruption’ indicator in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard, moving from 79% in the 2019 Scorecard, to 81% in 2020, thereby adding 2 percentage points upwards. According to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), between 2017 and 2020, Sierra Leone has made...Read More
Head coach of Leone Stars, John Keister has on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, named 16 foreign-based players for a Nations Cup qualifying encounter with Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The match was which was originally slated to be played in Nigeria will now be played in Benin city. Skipper and FC Zurich defender, Umaru ‘Zingalay’ Bangura, have...Read More
