Regional Leaders Arrive in the Gambia to Persuade President Jahya Jammeh to Quit
Shuttle diplomacy moves into top gear in The Gambia on Friday as visiting ECOWAS leaders seek to convince President Jahya Jammeh to step down. Gambians DW spoke to said he should make way for his successor. The leaders of Nigiera, Liberia and Sierra Leone have arrived in The Gambia in a bid to try and […]
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) to Start Operations in Sierra Leone, Liberia
The Netherlands flag carrier airline, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) has confirmed that they would start operating their flights to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monrovia in Liberia at the start of the new 2017 summer schedule. According to the company, the new operation would serve to further expand their African network, adding that with the two […]
Humans are destroying the world; wildlife populations plunge 60% in just two generations
When you take a look at the Earth as a whole, people are responsible for the vast majority of its problems. From all of the pollution, to the terrorism and destruction, human beings do not treat our planet with the respect that it deserves. While it is easy to pass off these issues as not […]
Sierra Leone Targets Over 1.5m Children for Free Polio Vaccination
Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation yesterday revealed that over 1.5million children between 0 and 59 months would be targeted for free Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). Dr. Dennis Marke told a presser at the conference hall of the ministry that the fourth round of National Anti-Polio […]
Sierra Leone to Ban Female Genital Mutilation After Death of Teenage Girl
Sierra Leone has the one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with nine in 10 women and adolescent girls cut, says U.N. The death of a teenage girl in Sierra Leone during a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure performed by a women-run secret society should spur the West African nation to ban […]
Mass Graves Beckon for Sierra Leone’s Homeless and Destitute Dead
Volunteers calling themselves the Death and Destitute Organisation bury Freetown’s unidentified bodies, frustrated by lack of action by the authorities It’s first light at King Tom cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and rain is falling on the freshly exposed dirt that will soon cover 26 corpses. A man in white protective overalls stands inside a […]
Three African Renewable Energy Projects Announced as Winners of the US$7million Access Co-Development Facility Prize
Access Power (“Access”), a developer, owner and operator of renewable power projects in emerging markets, is delighted to announce the winners of the 2016 US$7 million Access Co-Development Facility (ACF), a financial support mechanism for renewable energy projects in Africa. Three projects from Nigeria, Madagascar, and Sierra Leone, fought off fierce competition from almost 100 […]
Ebola Survivors Struggling to Recover: Nobel Laureate Gbowee Backs Grassroots Ebola Fighters
A famous maxim of uncertain origin defines insanity as doing the same thing repeatedly, but expecting different results. In her opening statement at the United Nations (UN) High-Level Thematic Debate on Peace and Security, Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee used this definition to describe challenges faced by UN engagements in peace operations and peacebuilding. The […]
Mega Corruption At Agriculture Ministry in Sierra Leone
Members of the Public Accounts Committee yesterday ordered senior officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security to pay withholding taxes to NASSIT, NRA and refund special imprests with immediate effect, and submit the receipt by Wednesday (tomorrow). The Permanent Secretary, Chief Accountant, Procurement Officer, Director of Forestry and Livestock and Agricultural Engineer […]
Sierra Leone Population Is Now Over Seven Million
Statistics Sierra Leone yesterday released the provisional census result for the 2015 Population and Housing Census, which revealed that the population of Sierra Leone has increased from 4 million in 2004 to 7,075,641, with 49.1% men and 50.9% women. The result, which was launched at Miatta Conference Hall by President Ernest Bai Koroma, was compiled […]
