By Sallieu S. Kanu More than 227,000 pupils from 435 Junior and Senior Secondary Schools (52 in Bombali; 50 in Port Loko; 44 in Kono; 49 in Kenema; 93 in Western Area Rural and 147 in Western Area Urban Districts) benefitted from theUN Peace Building Fund and UNICEF project to the Legal Aid Board’s Anti Election Violence Campaign. The project is a component of the Campaign which is dedicated to...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA has established that flooding mostly occurred in August and September in Sierra Leone, thus warned everyone to take precautionary measures. The Director of Communications at NDMA, Mohamed L. Bah told Premier News on Monday that, so far amid all the downpour of rain, there is no significant flooding or disaster that has resulted to death across the country. He said...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The campaign to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is gaining ground in the northern district of Port Loko. Sixty Soweis on Monday, July 24, 2023, made public declaration to drop their knife, razor, and other instruments which they normally use to remove clitoris of girls and women during the Bondo initiation. They made the declaration at the Rothumba Community in the Koya Chiefdom during a campaign...Read More
FREETOWN, July 24 (Xinhua) — A delegation of three Chinese medical doctors on Monday was received in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to help the country fight cervical cancer. The doctors, who are from China’s Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, are expected to spend more than two weeks offering technical support and training local medical staff on providing better service to patients by sharing skills like...Read More
Kenya’s Junior Cricket Men’s Team began their ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup Africa Qualifier (50 Overs) on a winning note following a four-wicket win over Sierra Leone yesterday following Sunday’s opening day washout against hosts Tanzania. The West Africans had won the toss selecting to bat first and in the process posted a total of 140 all out on the board. John Bangura (51 runs off 106 balls) was Sierra...Read More
