As many as 70 cattle, sheep and goats have died due to a strange disease which has so far infected more than 200 animals across Kamasodo Chiefdom in Port Loko District. Chernor Jalloh is one of the affected cattle herders in Tain Kabereh town. He said that earlier they observed that two cattle were sick and died few days later. He said that they initially though it was food poisoning....Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, published update on actions and interventions on the Auditor General’s Reports 2019 and 2020. See below full update: UPDATE ON ACC’s ACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS ON AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORTS 2019 AND 2020 (No.2) The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this second media release wishes to update the general public of the actions and steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in...Read More
Vietnam always wishes to be a long-term and stable rice supplier for Sierra Leone as its domestic production has not yet met the demand, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said at a recent meeting with Sierra Leone’s counterpart Edward Hinga Sandy. Dien appreciated the latter’s proposal for considering the re-signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on rice trade to strengthen the legal framework for cooperation...Read More
“Despite our role in agriculture and land use, mining companies would infringe on our rights, whereas stakeholders would plan, enforce and adjudicate land issues with mining companies in the chiefdom without the involvement of women,” says Mary Hailowell, Chairlady of Simiria Chiefdom, Tonkolili District. Women remain extremely vulnerable in prominent mining districts, especially when established businesses (activities of mining companies and their employees) and human rights conflict. Women in these...Read More
Sierra Leone stars touched down in Antalya as they prepare for a busy week taking Togo’s Les Éperviers, the Lone Stars of Liberia and the Diables Rouges of Congo Brazzaville. Leone Stars will face their Togolese counterpart tomorrow Thursday, March 24, 2022 at the Mardan Sports Complex in Aksu, Antalya, Turkey. Leone Stars will be hoping to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in their final African...Read More
