Thirty-two survivors of obstetric fistula who successfully underwent surgery at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre [AWC] with funding support from the Government of Iceland through UNFPA were on Friday, April 22, 2022 reunited with their families. In a brief discharge ceremony of the first set of 19 women at the Centre in Freetown, Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Sibeso Mululuma, encouraged the survivors to serve as ambassadors by talking to those women...Read More
Behaviour of the public, following the collision, was a major contributing factor to the scale and seriousness of the Wellington petrol tanker fire disaster of November 5, 2021 which left at least 154 people dead, according to the findings of the Task Force which was set up by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the disaster. The report, which was presented to President Bio on Thursday, shows that despite the...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Friday, April 29, 2022 engaged development partners in Committee Room One, Parliament Building in Freetown. In her welcome address, the Deputy Director of the Department for Programmes, Research, and Partnership, Nancy Jalloh on behalf of management and her department, explained the role and functions of Parliament, in light of collaboration with partners. She emphasized on a strong partnership with the development partners. She said...Read More
A man from Sierra Leone has been charged with stabbing his wife to death before setting fire to their home, a court has heard. Amidu Koroma, 47, is accused of murdering Mariam Kamara, 46, at a property in Railton Road, Brixton, south London. The stabbing and fire happened at a property in Railton Road, Brixton, south London (pictured) Ms Kamara’s charred remains were found after firefighters were called to put out...Read More
As part of their social corporate responsibility, Orange Sierra Leone on Friday, April 29, 2022 donated food items to four mosques within Calton and Thompson bay community, as part of its Ramadan iftar support. Speaking while handing over the donation, CSR Manager Mr. Kamel Abass, said that it is part of their corporate social responsibility to give back to society expecially during this month of Ramadan. He said that Orange...Read More