Three Sierra Leoneans Swimmers will compete in the various categories in the Swimming Championship in Senegal. The PRO 1 of SLSDWA, Reginald Brian O. Sawyer told this medium that Sierra Leone swimmers left on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 for the 8th CANA ZONE 2 AFRICAN Championship in Senegal. He said that went on to state that the delegation departed the shores of Freetown for Conakry, Guinea where they will board...Read More
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Irish Aid hosted mobile complaints hearing in Joru Gaura in Kenema District and Bonthe Island on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th May 2022. Residents of the two localities were able to access the Commission in their locality on issues of human rights, including unequal protection before the law; Property deprivation; cases of...Read More
Sierra Leone has made significant progress in reducing the burden of maternal mortality. However, the maternal death ratio remains very high with 717 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019. Kenema district has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone, according to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) data for 2021. This is why today, the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has...Read More
UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour the nearly 4,200 UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives since 1948 and will preside over a ceremony at which the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal will be awarded posthumously to 117 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers, who lost their life serving under the UN flag last...Read More
Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (SLEITI) on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 held a national sensitization and dissemination event on 2019 SLEITI report which is themed: “Promoting Sustainable Development Through a Transparent and Accountable Extractive Sector”. The event which was held at the Western Area Rural District Council hall in Waterloo was attended by policymakers, representatives of civil society organisations, tribal heads, heads of school, and students, among others. The...Read More
