Sierra Leone’s leading commercial institution, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, with a reputation for promoting many worthy human and social causes, has thrown its weight behind the popular African Young Voices (AYV) media Housemate Salone Season 3 show as an official sponsor and also with its promotion “SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES”. During the promotion period, existing SLCB account holders have to …

The Chiefdom authority of Sahn Malen Chiefdom together with various Civil Society Organizations have endorsed and supported the Chiefdom Authorities of Sahn Malen Chiefdom in condemning a petition list making the rounds on social media by the Malen Land Owners Association supported by Green Scenery and partners. The clandestine petition list, according to our information, was premeditated as 60% of …

𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒂 On 31st May 2022, Statistics Sierra Leone published the provisional results of the December 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census with Kenema topping the list followed by Bo. The country’s population has risen to 7,541,641 a little over 500,000 since the last Population and Housing Census was conducted in 2015. It has to be said that even …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has pledged US$500,000 to the Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference at the opening session of the 16th Extraordinary Conference of the African Union Summit. The summit deliberated efforts by African leaders to address the current humanitarian challenges in the continent, that were now being exacerbated by the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 …

The Secretary General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa, Dr Paul Adalikwu, has praised the Government of Sierra Leone for its many plans to develop the country’s maritime potentials. Dr Adalikwu who expressed this in Freetown during his maiden visit to the West African country, met with the country’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon Kabineh Moinama …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) has, approved a new uniform factory price for the sale of bundles of sachet water after conducting a cost of service study. The Commission estimates that the average cost of production of a bundle of sachet water is between SLL3500 and SLL4000, according to the Director-General, Emmanuel Mannah. …

The Sierra Leone Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Professor Alpha Tejan Wurie, a lifelong educator and one of Sierra Leone’s brightest minds, is in London attending the Education World Forum (EWF2022). The EWF is the world’s largest gathering of education ministers, educators and related skilled professionals which provides an action-oriented platform to explore the issues pertaining to this crucial …

His Excellency Sadiq Silla, Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Arab Republic of Egypt paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Civil Aviation, Pilot Mohamed Manar Anba, on Monday, 16 May, 2022 at the offices of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in Cairo to discuss resuming flights to Sierra Leone as part of growing bilateral cooperation. …

As part of broader cancer control efforts, including the development of its National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP), the Government of Sierra Leone is planning the establishment of the country’s first cancer treatment hospital – a radiotherapy facility. To support the country’s efforts, and help tackle low cancer survival rates, more than 40 government and civil society stakeholders convened for a …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓”, Niccolo Machiavelli. Before the May 25, 1997 military coup, the SLPP had lost the power to influence public opinion. Several media houses had been set up by opposition supporters to undermine the SLPP government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. The few civil society organizations …