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March 2013

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on sexual violence in conflict, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura has said “it is the primary moral and legal responsibility of countries to protect their citizens from

After a very successful outing at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alhaji Alpha Kanu continued his re-branding sojourn in Europe by paying a one -day

With a long standing bilateral relationship between Sierra Leone and the United State of America, the US has always kept to their fundamental principles of helping developing countries.  Photo: The Political Affairs Officer of the

New year, new CBF league launch. On Saturday 5th January, two thousand children from all forty-four boys teams gathered to take part in marches through the streets of their respective regions. Adorned in their team strips,

Freetown, March  (SLENA) – The Sierra Leone Nurses and Midwives Board has expressed dissatisfaction over the proliferation of illegal Nursing Schools in the country. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Minister of Health and Sanitation

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Africell Telecommunications Company is supporting twenty radio stations nationwide; nine in Freetown and eleven in the provinces, with the provision of electricity and monthly subsidies. However, the company has

Freetown, March  (SLENA) – The Director General of the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO), Mr. Ernest Surur has called on doctors to have passion for life, noting that their sacred duty is to save lives. Addressing

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alhaji Alpha B.S Kanu on Wednesday 27th February, 2013 informed mobile industry professionals, operators and regulators from across the globe that the electromagnetic spectrum being a scarce

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 1, 2013/ -- Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel’s mobile networks (http://www.airtel.com). This follows a memorandum of understanding

Freetown, March (SLENA) – Works, Housing and Infrastructure Minister, Alimamy P. Koroma has disclosed that one thousand (1000) houses are expected to be constructed countrywide under the Agenda for Prosperity. Mr. Koroma made this disclosure when

Freetown, March  (SLENA) – Health and Sanitation Minister, Miatta Kargbo (center) has started her first familiarization tour to the districts with a view to assessing the level of service delivery and the status of the

Freetown, March  (SLENA) – The African Development Bank (ADB) Resident Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr. Yero Baldeh has disclosed that the Lungi-Port Loko road will be completed 5th of June this year. He made this disclosure

Freetown, March  (SLENA) - Experts and Professionals in Dentistry have paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Health and Sanitation to express their desire in exploring the possibility for the training of Dental Therapist

Freetown, March  (SLENA) – The Sierra Leone Institute of Engineers has condemned all the infrastructural sub-standard buildings and other projects going on in Sierra Leone. This pronouncement was made during discussions with the Minister of Works,

New York, 1 March 2013 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Mr. Ray Chambers as his first Special Envoy for Financing of the Health Related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the