The Management of Star Sports Academy One of Sierra Leone’s formidable young football academies, Star Sports Academy has signed a partnership agreement with Turkish topflight club Antalyaspor, at a ceremony which took place at the Sense Hotel in Antalya. The International Relations and Strategic Planning Manager for Antalyspor FC, Erdem Erdal, was present at the signing on-behalf of his club while the owner, Yankuba Tarawally and Manager of Star Sports,...Read More
Freetown ‒ Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, with 717 mothers dying annually for every 100 000 live births as of 2019 (DHS, 2019). One of the primary contributing factors is delayed first visits to health facilities by mothers-to-be. Provision of quality preconception, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to all mothers in also inequitable. High out-of-pocket expenditure for accessing basic care, as well as...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Aminata Mansaray, a person living with disability in Kissy in the east of Freetown, on Tuesday September 5th, 2023 asked for Government of Sierra Leone and Non-governmental Organizations to fund her continue her studies in Computer Science, which she could not complete some years ago due to lack of finances. She has a she is lame in one of her legs and she could walk but...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Detective Police Inspector Mohamed Kargbo has on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 tendered in court presided over by Magistrate Mark Ngegba statements obtained from Rtd. Captain Sam Milton Bangura and four others. The accused persons Rtd Captain Sam Milton Bangura, Morlai Bai Shebura Kamara, Rtd Major Alimamy O Kamara, Saccoh Kamara and Rtd Major Mathew Sorie Kamara were arraigned on two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu At a certification program of women who have undergone six weeks training on ‘Positive Parenting for Peace and Social Cohesion’, the Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Kono District, Hawanatu Omotayo Kamara has called on women and care givers of Sinnah Town community to embrace peace and join the Commission in the fight against corruption. The programme, which was held at the Lutheran...Read More