Sierra Leone
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:07:49 GMTSierra Leone Lights Up Kenema Through Transco CLSG Grid
[FrontPageAfrica] Sierra Leon -- The prolonged state of unreliable electricity in Kenema, Sierra Leone's second largest city and the town of Bo, is over as President Maada Bio switched on the long-awaited electricity from the TRANSCO CLSG line on Thu...
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:42:03 GMTLiberia, Sierra Leone Call for MRU Summit On Human Trafficking
[FrontPageAfrica] Freetown -- Sierra Leone, and Liberia, have agreed on the urgent need for the convening of a mini Mano River Union summit to address issues of human trafficking in the sub-region.
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 07:32:53 GMTSierra Leone Name a Provisional 40-Player Squad
[CAF] After a long absence that lasted 25 years (1996 to 2021), Sierra Leone will return to the elite of African football for the TotalEnergies AFCON 2021. For this special occasion, head coach John Keister has named a provisional squad made of 40 Le...
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:19:45 GMTSierra Leone Concludes Signing of Transmission Service Agreement With TRANSCO CLSG
[FrontPageAfrica] Abidjan -- TRANSCO CLSG's readiness to supply stable and affordable electricity to CLSG countries has just got another boost with Sierra Leone concluding negotiation and signing of the Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) with the r...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:36:09 GMT$75 Million Grant to Support Reforms and Mitigate Pandemic Impact in Sierra Leone
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Board today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* grant of $75 million to improve natural resources governance, enhance inclusiveness and promote sustainability of development financing. Th...
Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:14:44 GMTSierra Leonean Rapper Posts 'Obscene and Dangerous' Comments About Journalist
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a well-known Sierra Leonean rapper's outrageously insulting and obscene comments on Facebook about a radio station director. Online harassment of journalists in Sierra Leone must stop, RSF says.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:16:00 GMTEntrepreneur Creates Clean, Affordable Energy for Sierra Leone's Rural Areas #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Energy. Who has it, who doesn't, where it comes from and the consequences of its use are some of the greatest challenges we face.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:45:20 GMTWHOBoosts Covid-19 Response and Disease Surveillance With $600,000 Worth of Laboratory Commodities.
[WHO-AFRO] The World Health Organization has handed over a consignment of various laboratory commodities for COVID-19 as well as routine laboratory testing worth over $600,000 to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. The donation is part of the Orga...
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:08:29 GMT2 Million People to Receive Maternal and Child Health Services in Sierra Leone Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank today approved $60 million grant financing to support maternal and child health services for 2 million people in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project, f...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:54:21 GMTCovid-19 - Sierra Leone Confirms First Omicron Case
[East African] Health authorities in Sierra Leone has confirmed the country's first case of the Omicron variant.
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:31:58 GMTSierra Leonean Vice President Pays Official Working Visit to Energy Ministry
[Ghanaian Times] The Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr Mohammed Julie Jalloh, undertook a day's official working visit to Ghana's Ministry of Energy in Accra.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:40:21 GMTSierra Leone And Guinea Sign the Power Purchase Agreement With Cote d'Ivoire
[FrontPageAfrica] Abidjan -- Following his robust engagement with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire, the Vice President of Sierra Leone who leads a high-powered delegation to Abidjan has affirmed government of Sierra Leone commitment to conclude arrang...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:34:44 GMTHRCSL Presents State of Human Rights Report, President Bio, Calls White Paper On Constitutional Review
[Sierra Leone Government] State House, Freetown, Wednesday 1 December 2021 - Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone, HRCSL, Patricia Narsu Ndanema, has presented the state of human rights report 2020 to His Excellency President Dr...
Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:00:02 GMTPresident Bio Installs Chancellors of Universities, Assures Autonomy and Challenges Them to Project Integrity
[Sierra Leone Government] State House, Freetown, Tuesday 30 November 2021 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has decorated and installed Chancellors for four public universities in Sierra Leone, assured them of autonomy in governance and ...
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:42:37 GMTNational Identification Registry to Issue National ID Cards to Liberians Along Sierra Leone Border
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Identification Registry (NIR) has launched a pilot project that will allow for issuance of national identification cards to Liberians living in communities along our border with the Republic of Sierra Leone....