Four visually impaired pupils have suffered injuries when fire ripped through the female dormitory of the Milton MargaiSchool for the Blind on Wilkinson Road in Freetown late on Sunday. The fire partially destroyed a two-storey building and property worth millions of Leones. The immediate cause of fire is yet to be established, but eyewitness account suggests that there was oscillation of electricity in the school a couple of hours before...Read More
More than 370 inmates were granted bail and 234 discharged across the country following the review of 870 cases by the judiciary of Sierra Leone during the nationwide Judicial Week (from 31st January to 4th February 2022). The Judiciary said in a statement on Thursday that, the Access to Justice Through Judicial Week is a huge success with many cases handled and completed by 26 Judges who were deployed across...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Hon. Dr. Memunatu Pratt and World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced on Thursday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for a preservation project to save Old Fourah Bay College in Cline Town, Freetown. The Project is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Freetown. Old Fourah Bay College was the first western-style university in sub-Saharan Africa and is a living testament to idealism and...Read More
Brussels, Belgium, Thursday 17 February 2022 – President Dr Julius Maada Bio has talked about sustainable ways of achieving long term development, as one of four keynote speakers at this year’s EU-AU Summit, the others being President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini of the Kingdom of Eswatini and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva of Cape Verde. “In Sierra Leone, over the last four years, my...Read More
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David John Francis and the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, H.E Hu Zhangliang on February 11, 2022 signed Joint Economic and technical Cooperation agreement between China and Sierra Leone in Freetown. Professor Francis said the agreement process was initiated at the China-African Forum in Dakar, Senegal. He said the signing of the Economic and Technical Cooperation agreement with China symbolizes the...Read More
