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March 2015

Port Loko, March 5 (SLENA) - In spite of the different shades of opinions on the re-opening of schools slated for end of March 2015, the people of Port Loko district have resolved to work

Welthungerhilfe and their local partner Rectour have urged Ebola Task Force Volunteers within the Western Area Urban Area to intensify community surveillance and community mobilisation in the fight against Ebola for a zero case.   (Photo:

The National Executive Director of the Lifeline Nehemiah Projects in Sierra Leone, will on Monday, 9th March, 2015 address the annual Commonwealth Day Observance in Westminster Abbey, in London, United Kingdom.  (Photo: Philip Joel Mandewa Cole,

“A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape,” said Mukesh Singh, an Indian rapist on death

Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), a reputable institution of female Journalists coming together to champion the cause of women in a positive light for national development has been speaking ahead of International Women’s

Young girls and women in the 21st century are likely the most decisive drivers for development and global prosperity. But as a group they are-still – subjected to tremendous human rights violations, inequalities, health threats

The Public Account Committee in parliament on Wednesday 4th march 2015 continued  its hearing on the Report on the Management of the Ebola Funds by probing in to the finances of Ministries , Department and

President of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has openly criticized organizers of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio Geneiro Brazil, and strongly accused the International Olympic Committee of not being transparent with the issue

History was made at the opening of the 78th International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Congress at Le Carrousel du Louvre Museum in Paris, when on Wednesday 2nd March 2015 it was announced that the Abu

Former Member of Parliament for Constituency 03, Kailahun District On Tuesday, 3rd March 2015, the claws of death snatched away a father, a husband, a colleague, a friend, a brother and an audacious politician. The late

In this op-ed for International Women’s Day, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka takes a look at the mixed progress since the 1995 Beijing Conference and asks for bold steps to accelerate change in the

 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC) ON DISCIPLINE IN THE PARTY ON FRIDAY 6TH MARCH 2015 Our Party has been in existence for over 54 years and has succeeded in drawing its support from

The Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara was part of a high-powered Sierra Leonean delegation that attended the Post Ebola Renaissance meeting in the United Kingdom.  The meeting held on Tuesday 24th February 2015 at the

The Western Media narratives for  the three most Ebola affected nations of Guinea,  Liberia and  Sierra Leone present a true picture of  the typical journalistic raw materials they go in search of, coupled with the

As part of his responsibility to actively engage in the activities of the United Nations Security Council, Sierra Leone’s UN permanent representative to New York, Mr. Vandi Chidi Minah, has recently participated in a Security