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August 2014

Airtel has sponsored the first ever Krio/English dictionary which was launched at the British Council on the 21st of August, 2014. Speaking at the launch, co-author Mr Momoh Koroma said that the Krio dictionary is a

Given how women are usually marginalised in society, it is no surprising that women in Sierra Leone are the worst affected by the horrendous deadly Ebola virus epidemic sweeping across the West African sub-region. As the

AIK Slona and Leone Stars striker Ibrahim Teteh Bangura has told Football Sierra Leone that he is “hungry to do well and is fighting for his place” in the team, according to the Striker. Bangura has

On Tuesday 19 August, Sierra Rutile and its major shareholder Pala Investments donated one billion Leones to help Sierra Leone in its fight against Ebola. The cheque was presented to the President of Sierra Leone,

Paramount Chief Bai Sebora Kassangha II of Bombali Sebora Chiefdom, Northern Sierra Leone has said that activities of all secret societies in Makeni and the entire Bombali district have been temporarily banned as a result

Freetown, August 18 (SLENA) - The Minority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai last week briefed Ministers of State and officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Committee Room 1 in parliament

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this week paid courtesy calls on two of Saudi Arabia’s influential men, particularly in the areas of youth, sports and humanitarian activities.  (Photo:  Dr Saleh receives

Freetown, 18 August 2014: The United Nations in Sierra Leone has said today that an additional $18 million is needed to bolster the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts in halting the spread of the Ebola

Sending Additional Disease Specialists to Assist Public Affairs Office Freetown, Sierra Leone: The State Department on August 14, 2014 ordered the departure from Sierra Leone in the coming days of all eligible family members (EFMs)

Africa and Europe search for an elusive agreement Sixty-one heads of government and other top-level officials from African and European countries converged last March in Brussels, the de facto European Union capital, to discuss mutual relations.

For only the third time in its 66-year history, the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency. This time it is for the Ebola outbreak in the three West African countries of

Freetown, Aug. 14, 014 (MOHS) - The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is expressing its condolence and sympathy to the bereaved family of the Late Physician Specialist Dr. Modupeh John Horatio Cole whose tragic death

Freetown, Aug. 12, 014 (MOHS) - The Director of Prisons, Sampha Bilo Kamara has said that no Ebola case has been reported in all Prisons across the country and advocated for urgent Personal Protective Equipment

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Disabled International Foundation Sierra Leone (DIF-SiL) Imambay Kadie Kamara was on Saturday August 2nd this year hosted on SKY 102 British television program where she joined Sierra Leone and the

If the allegations are anything to go by then the District Medical Officer (DMO) of the Bo Government Hospital, Dr. Alhaji Samie Turay, must be brought to book for funds allegedly squandered by him and