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By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health has received 18,000 ampoules of Lassa fever medication donated by the Chinese Embassy, a move health officials say will strengthen the country’s readiness for potential outbreaks. The consignment is expected to close treatment gaps and improve protection for frontline workers and communities most at…

By: Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has partnered with Farm Input Promotions Africa to deliver 5,000 improved chicks and poultry feed to smallholder farmers in five districts, marking a major push under the Small Pack Initiative. Under the program, 1,000 five-week-old chicks were distributed to each of Bo,…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter, Daily Scope Maputo, Mozambique Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency was represented at a high-level African Union meeting on disaster preparedness, as officials from across the continent gathered to advance multi-hazard early warning and early action systems. NDMA Deputy Director General Sulaiman B. Sowa attended the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System…

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter, Daily Scope A delegation from Caritas Freetown has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the country’s kush crisis after visiting the Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Youth Affected by Drugs centre in Makomba Village on Tuesday, 26 May 2026. Led by Board Chairman Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles, the team toured the facility off…

By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter, Daily Scope Freetown, Sierra Leone Health Alert Sierra Leone has accused the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning of negligence and weak oversight, linking the ministry’s actions to the repeated collapse of buildings in the capital. In a statement issued this week, the civil society group said the frequent incidents…

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter, Daily Scope West African governments must deepen cooperation and align financial security measures to counter the region’s growing web of transnational threats, the ECOWAS bloc was told at a high-level meeting in Abidjan. Speaking at the conclusion of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Plenary and…

By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter The Klymax Breed Foundation has donated food items valued at Le25,000 to the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Freetown, responding to an appeal from the school’s administration for support. The presentation took place on Saturday, 23 May 2026, at the school’s Wilkinson Road campus. The items included…

By: Saidu Jalloh, Daily Scope Reporter The government has introduced a new regulatory framework to standardize the treatment and rehabilitation of drug-use disorders, aiming to curb the rise of unregulated centres and improve care for people affected by substance addiction. Minister of Internal Affairs, AIG (Rtd.) Morie Lengor, launched the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s…

By: Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter The University of Sierra Leone and the Anti-Corruption Commission are at odds over the findings of a high-profile probe into alleged procurement irregularities at USL’s Business Centre between 2021 and 2023. The ACC released its report on May 8, concluding that claims of financial misconduct at the Business Centre…

By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter Sierra Leone says it is fully prepared to detect and respond to any public health emergency, with systems in place that reflect lessons learned from Ebola, COVID-19, and Mpox. Deputy Minister of Health I, Prof. Charles Senessie, told reporters that the country’s experience with those outbreaks has reshaped how…