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2,500 locals in Falaba receives WFP cash-based transfer

The World Food Programme (WFP) has completed its first round of conditional cash-based transfers in Falaba district as part of the cross-border, UN Peacebuilding Fund project, reaching 500 participating households which have 2,500 residents, half of them women, the UN Agency report states. The transfers were made to facilitate the construction of small-scale irrigation systems […]

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Fulbright fellow pays courtsey call on SLAJ, Editors’ Guild on Fake-news

Fulbright Fellow, Professor Michael M. Epstein, Tuesday, July 12 paid a courtesy on the President of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasralla- Monk, and the President of the Guild of Editors Donald Theo Harding. During both meetings, Professor Epstein expressed his support to help the media in the fight against fake news

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Assistant UN Secretary-General & UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Asa Regner and UN Women Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Oulimata Sarr to visit Sierra Leone

UN Women wish to announce the visit of Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director, Asa Regner, and UN Women Regional Director of West and Central Africa, Oulimata Sarr, to Sierra Leone from June 29 to July 1, 2022.  Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director (DED) of

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QOMMODITY TANDEM LIBER HOLDINGS DONATES LE1 BILLION TO SALONE, WOMEN OF CONSTITUENCY 021

History was made on Saturday afternoon in Kenema city when Hon. Boston Munda formally opened his Constituency 021 office at 17 Mariana Street. Hundreds of mostly female Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) members and supporters in green-coloured Ashobie singing heartily were at the occasion. Constituency Women’s Leader, Safiatu Kaisamba, recalled that when Hon. Munda was

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President Bio discusses peace restoration in Mali

President Julius Maada Bio welcomed a Mali delegation for a one-day working visit to investigate the country’s return to constitutional democracy and peace. The delegation was led by Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, who conveyed greetings from Interim President Colonel Assimi Gota of Mali to President Bio, whom they referred to

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President Bio Calls for Barrier-free Environment for PwDs

President Bio launched the Socioeconomic Empowerment Project for Persons Living with Disabilities, PwDs, today, Thursday, December 9, 2021, and unveiled the accessibility audit report, as well as calling for a barrier-free environment for the physically challenged.  Eku Scotland, speaking on behalf of the PwDs, stated that disability issues were of great concern throughout the country since

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