U.S. Embassy Freetown announced on Tuesday, June 6, 2022 that young Sierra Leoneans will participate in the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Those selected include, Samuel Saidu, James Kpaka, Aminata Kandeh, Alex Bayoh, Precious Lamin, Nyangah Rogers-Wright, Laura Nicol, Adama Sillah, Issa Thullah. Additionally, 2021 Fellows Phebean Swill and Tamba Sangbah were selected to take part in an in-person Alumni Enrichment Institute program as a result of their outstanding performance during...Read More
JIUQUAN, June 5 (Xinhua) — China on Sunday launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a six-month mission. The trio will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, developing it from a single-module structure into a national space laboratory with three modules — the core module Tianhe and two lab modules Wentian and Mengtian....Read More
Sierra Leone’s Bolton Wanderers striker Amadou Bakayoko has admitted, if selected, facing Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be his first proper match in Leone Stars jersey. The three-time African Champions will square up with the Leone Stars at Moshood Abiola Stadium in the Group A opener behind closed doors on June 9. The Bolton’s hitman scored his first goal for Sierra Leone in an international friendly 1-0 over Liberia during their...Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 900 oxygen cylinders with regulators and humidifiers to the Minister of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in Sierra Leone, to fulfil a heightened demand for medical oxygen. As with many low and middle income countries (LMICs) across the world, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaps across health systems in both oxygen supply and production. Capable of holding 40 litres of oxygen per cylinder, the total...Read More
The Western Area Rural District will be included in the school feeding programme next academic year which will commence in September 2022, targeting a total of 800,000 pupils nationwide. According to the Deputy Minister ll of Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Madam Mamusu Patricia Massaquoi, who managed the School Feeding Programme, the school feeding started in 2018 with 50,000 pupils and by then implementation was only done in...Read More
