The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Conrad Sackey, praised the Peace Corps for its substantial contributions impact on Sierra Leone’s education sector on Friday, 9th August 2024 at the Kambia Training Site program. The event marked the swearing-in of four education and two health volunteers, concluding 10 weeks of intensive training. Minister Sackey…
The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) recently held a comprehensive meeting with experts from the Regional Rice Value Chain Project at its Kambia district office. The primary objectives of the gathering were to explore opportunities for collaboration and to address five key agenda items, with a notable emphasis on the Feed Salone initiative. During…
On Tuesday parliamentary session, Sierra Leone’s leading political parties showcased a rare display of unity between the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the main opposition, the All People’s Congress (APC). This gesture, highlighted during the State Opening of the Second Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic, has been widely celebrated…
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio, has ended a successful one-day working visit to Burkina Faso at the invitation of his counterpart and Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso on Wednesday 7th August 2024. However, the visit was aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations. President Bio was warmly…
On Tuesday, 6th August 2024, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) received distress calls from community members reporting a two-story building in a precarious state of collapse on Priscilla Street, Freetown. Responding swiftly, a team led by NDMA’s Western Region Coordinator, Gerald King, visited the site to conduct a thorough vulnerability risk assessment. Their findings…
Minister Counselor Ms. Sonia Umu Karim, Sierra Leone’s Deputy Political Coordinator presented Sierra Leone’s statement at the forum marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration and Program of Action on the Culture of Peace. In her address, Ms. Karim emphasized that the culture of peace embodies fundamental human rights, fosters peaceful dialogue…
The OAT District of Sierra Leone has made a historic leap in the film industry with the launch of the African Cinematic Universe, a pioneering initiative driven by young local filmmakers aged 16 to 30 In this ground breaking effort, Ni Adama Djata and the OAT Empire have teamed up with these emerging talents, securing…
The Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MoICE) has Wednesday 7th August 2024 hosted a one-day high-level dialogue on the draft National Civic Education strategy and accompanying policies, including the National Media and Information Policy, The National Film Policy and the National Records and Archives Policy at New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The event brought…
Four top-notch Liberian journalists have made key recommendations aimed at helping to avert potential threats of terrorism and violent extremism in the Mano River Union countries of Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and the Ivory Coast. The journalists are the Press Union of Liberia’s presidential hopeful, Julius K. Kanubah, News Public Trust Publisher, Frank Sainworla, Internews…
— Shun global body’s decision to embrace homosexuality, say the UMC of Liberia is not a Gay Church The United Methodist Church in Liberia has made its stance clear on the controversial decision taken by the United Methodist Conference in the United States to embrace homosexual practice within the church. Samuel J. Quire, Bishop of…
