Statistics Sierra Leone has engaged representatives from the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) on the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System (CHESS) Technical Committee research implementation plans. The engagement was geared towards updating NCRA representatives about the work done so far by the CHESS Technical Committee, and informing them about the readiness of Stats SL to carry out a successful CHESS research project. Welcoming the team from NCRA, the Statistician...Read More
The Minority Leader of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hon. Abdul Kargbo, has explained to COCORIOKO why he and other parliamentary members of the APC party paid a courtesy call on President Bio on Tuesday. The highly respected parliamentary leader said the meeting with President Bio was in the supreme interest of the nation. Hon. Kargbo said the engagement with President Bio emanated from concerns APC MPs...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Komba Kamanda of the High Court in Freetown has on Tuesday 16th January 2024 turned down an application for bail on behalf of Bai Mamoud Bangura, the 8th accused person in the treason trial following the November 26th failed coup attempt. Lawyer Africanus Sorie Sesay made the application for the former Minister of Youth Affairs and Organizing Secretary of the All People’s Congress Party. The application came...Read More
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has initiated the implementation of a Maternal and Newborn Care project in Sierra Leone. On 8-13 January 2024, the Church worked together with Project Hope, and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health to launch the health program which will focus on training midwives and other health care personnel in critical neonatal and postnatal care to ensure the health of the mother and...Read More
Ernest Koroma May Be Granted Bail Today Reliable sources have confirmed to this medium that President Julius Maada Bio was emotionally touched when the health condition of former President Ernest Bai Koroma was explained to him. Sources say President Bio was visibly shaken by the medical report of former President Ernest Bai Koroma and has vowed not to stand in the way of granting bail to the former president to...Read More
