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April 2017

FREETOWN: In Mabela, East of Freetown, close to 100 houses have been burnt caused by fire accident. The incident has also left many people dead and other wounded with property worth millions destroyed. Many women and

On March 30, 2017, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation officially launched the National eHealth Coordination Hub, a national coordinating and regulating structure that will support the advancement of digital health in Sierra Leone. This

Sierra Leone has slumped further eighteen places down in the latest FIFA world rankings to 113 from 95 in March, placing the Leone Stars 31st in Africa. Sierra Leone's highest ever world ranking was in August

In an effort to further boost the country’s health sector, Sierra Leone's First Lady Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma has concluded a week-long fund raising programme in Milan, Italy. The programme which commenced on Tuesday 28th

Freetown March 30, 2017: Steady progress in human development cannot be achieved if half of the world’s population is bypassed, says the 2016 Global Human Development Report (GHDR). The Report was jointly launched by the Development

With two months left for the provisional accreditation of Legal Aid Service Providers, the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has again called on those concerned to get accredited by

On Friday, 31st March 2017, over twenty industrial workers received certificates of completion after going through a week long intensive training on radiation safety and protection which was organized by the Government of Sierra Leone

In Worreh Mankankry, a village in Bombali district, the northern province of Sierra Leone, a 17 year old teenager, Mazizi Christo Turay, has been forcefully handed in marriage to a 50 year old man, Alpha