As Sierra Leone continues to mourn the death of hundreds of people after a hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud, families are searching for loved ones that are… Read More ›
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Sierra Leone: Hundreds feared dead in Freetown landslide
Hundreds of people are reported dead after a hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud. Torrential rain fall which started in the early hours of 4:30 am in Sierra… Read More ›
Sierra Leone: Culpable public institutions to account for billions of Leones of public money
A press release by the Auditor General of Sierra Leone has disclosed the names of public institutions that failed to submit their financial statements for auditing. These institutions should therefore collectively account for billions of Leones of public money they… Read More ›
Sierra Leone: Opening New Frontiers of Cooperation
Today, cooperation between Sierra Leone and China has attained a Comprehensive Strategic Status. The 2016 state visit to the People’s Republic of China by President Ernest Bai Koroma was itself significantly important as it led to the signing of a number of cooperation agreements.
Another group of Sierra Leoneans arrives in China for training
By John Baimba Sesay A total of thirty Sierra Leoneans on Tuesday 18th July 2017, arrived in China for a three-week training on Urbanization Construction Management, organized by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. The set of 30 participants arrives just two… Read More ›
Sierra Leone: Defense counsel for ADP leader raises issue of ‘trial by ambush’
Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, defense counsel for the first and second accused, Mohamed Bangura and Presidential aspirant, Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), got himself into trouble for suggesting the matter would be a trial by ambush. The… Read More ›
Sierra Leone enacts law ensuring citizenship by birth be granted directly through the mother
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 5th July 2017 amended the bill entitled “The Citizenship Amendment Act 2017”, ensuring that citizenship by birth can now be granted directly through the mother. The bill amends the Citizenship Act of 1973… Read More ›
Sierra Leone deputy foreign affairs minister II Speaks on the role of international cooperation
By John Baimba Sesay Minister of State II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Isata Kabia on Friday, 30th June, 2017, said strengthening of capacity is crucial in the actualization of the 2030 Agenda as “there is a… Read More ›
Sickle Cell: A major contributor to maternal and infant mortality in Sierra Leone
By Kemo Cham Freetown: The Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is causing devastation in Sierra Leone amidst little attention to the genetic condition from the public health system, according to patients and a campaign group. SCD, also known as Sickle Cell… Read More ›
