FAO warns against Child labour in agriculture
June 13, 2018 ‘After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent years driven in part by an increase in conflicts and climate-induced disasters. This...
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Transport Minister wants Regional Maritime Board tackle piracy
June 13, 2018 By Mohamed Massaquoi Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Kabineh KallonSierra Leone Transport and Aviation Minister has assured the Regional Maritime Board during the 20th meeting in...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy congratulates Fifth Cohort of FETP-Frontline Disease Detectives
June 13, 2018 On Friday, June 8, Acting CDC Country Director, Reinhard Kaiser attended the graduation ceremony of the fifth cohort of the Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP). According...
View ArticleIMF ends a week visit to Sierra Leone
June 13, 2018 An IMF mission led by Mr. Brian Aitken visited Freetown during June 4-12, 2018 to assess economic conditions and lay the basis for a follow-up mission, currently planned for late summer,...
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Final Elections Report: EU wants fix date for presidential election
June 14, 2018 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara EU Chief Observer Jean Lambert is sandwiched by Peter Michalik (left) and Marek Mracka (right) The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sierra...
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UNDP dele meets President Bio
June, 14, 2018 By Elizabeth A. Kaine Executive Director of UNEP met President Bio at State House yesterday The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday, June 13, promised to help stabilise...
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Pavi Fort Praised by SLRA, Others
June 14, 2018 By Alusine Sesay Pavi Fort CEO Alimu Barrie (second from left) smiles at their success Deputy General Manager of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), Dr. Sahr Ernest Gbembo, has...
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Police to step up security during the rains
June 14, 2018 By Ishmael Sallieu Koroma Head of Operations in the Sierra Leone Police, AIG Elizabeth Turay Head of Operations in the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), Assistant Inspector General of Police...
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Human Rights Commission trains complaints handlers
June 14, 2018 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Human Rights Commission chairman, Rev. Osman J. Fornah The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) would today (June 14) conclude three-day training on...
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SLRU wants salary increment for reporters
June 14, 2018 By Victoria Saffa From left to right: President Amadu Lamrana Bah, Secretary General Ahmed Sesay &Alhaji Manika Kamara The executive and members of Sierra Leone Reporters Union (SLRU)...
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Sierra Leone and China strengthen bilateral fisheries cooperation
June, 2018 By Max A. Konneh, Press Officer, MFMR Yu Kangzhen and Hon. Emma Kowa Jalloh in a warm handshake The inaugural meeting of the Sierra Leone/China Joint Technical Committee on the...
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RELEASE GOVERNANCE TRANSITION TEAM REPORT - Mr. President Let Your Word Be...
Mr. President Let Your Word Be Your Bond June 21, 2018 By Elkass Sannoh Many Sierra Leoneans, within and outside, have called on President Julius Maada Bio to urgently release the Governance Transition...
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Francis Ben Kaifala appointed new ACC boss
June 21, 2018 By Mohamed Massaquoi Meet the new ACC Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala Freetown based lawyer, Francis Ben Kaifala, was yesterday appointed Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission,...
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Finance Minister launches Sierra Leone Economic Update
June 21, 2018 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma From L-R: Mayor Aki-Sawyer, Minister Jacob Saffa, and World Bank Boss Gayle H. Martin and other dignitaries Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic...
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FCC Launches Flood Mitigation Plan
June 21, 2018 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer launched the plan yesterday As part of efforts to reduce flooding in the Freetown municipality, the Freetown City Council (FCC) yesterday...
View ArticleFormer APC minister dragged to court for alleged vehicle theft
June 21, 2018 By Regina Pratt The erstwhile All Peoples Congress (APC) Deputy Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Madam Kadie Huliamatu Sesay, was yesterday granted a Le700 million bail plus two...
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As 27 police officers transferred… - AIG Karrow-Kamara sent on leave
AIG Karrow-Kamara sent on leave June 21, 2018 By Ibrahim Tarawallie AIG Karrow-Kamara: sent on leave The hierarchy of the Sierra Leone Police has announced that another batch of police officers have...
View ArticlePastor remanded for rape
June 21, 2018 By Yusufu S. Bangura Forty-six year- old Alfred Alieu Badarr Kamara- pastor attached to the New Era of Harvest Ministry International at Brookfield’s in Freetown was yesterday remanded at...
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UK appoints Trade Commissioner for Africa
June 21, 2018 On Wednesday 20 June, the UK International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox MP appointed Emma Wade-Smith OBE as HM Trade Commissioner for Africa. The appointment will be of particular...
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RELEASE GOVERNANCE TRANSITION TEAM REPORT - Mr. President Let Your Word Be...
Mr. President Let Your Word Be Your Bond June 21, 2018 By Elkass Sannoh Many Sierra Leoneans, within and outside, have called on President Julius Maada Bio to urgently release the Governance Transition...
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