By: Umaru Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone — In a powerful and timely address, Honorable Alusine Kanneh has urged members of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to embrace peace, tolerance, and unity as the foundation for the party’s continued success and national stability. Speaking to party stakeholders, Hon. Kanneh emphasized that collaboration and mutual respect are essential in navigating Sierra Leone’s evolving political landscape. “Our strength lies in our unity,”...Read More

Sierra Leone has taken an important step in strengthening its public health system by hosting a two-week national workshop on DNA sequencing and bioinformatics from August 4 to August 15, 2025 in Freetown. The training, held under the theme “From Genome to Action: Enhancing Mpox Surveillance through Sequencing and Bioinformatics in Sierra Leone,” was supported by the World Health Organization (WHO). It focused on building the country’s capacity to track and understand...Read More

By Alusine Sesay Freetown, August 18, 2025: A newly published report by the World Bank reveals that Sierra Leone’s Performance-Based Financing (PBF) initiative, under the Free Education Project, has led to measurable improvements in primary education across the country, although regional disparities and equity concerns persist. Authored by Afra Rahman Chowdhury and Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, the report titled ‘Impact of Performance Based Financing (PBF) on Sierra Leone’s Primary Education: A...Read More

Freetown, Sierra Leone — August 15, 2025: In a major step toward strengthening national data systems and improving child-focused policymaking, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) have successfully concluded a ten-day Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) Pretest and Training of Trainers (ToT) program. The initiative is a key preparatory activity for the upcoming seventh round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-7). The training brought...Read More

By Dr. Mark Kapuwa Connaught Hospital, established in the 19th century and commissioned in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur, is Sierra Leone’s main adult referral and teaching hospital. It is the country’s most important center for specialist and emergency care, it forms part of the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex and tasked with training the next generation of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. For...Read More