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ECOBANK hands over Le 520m refurbished pediatric ward to Connaught

Ecobank Sierra Leone, a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a leading Pan-African banking group, today Tuesday, June 14 handed over Dr. D. .J .O Robbin Coker Pediatric Ward at the Connaught Hospital after spending half a billion Leones to refurbish the facility. ECOBANK provided 2O pediatric beds and bed linings, 3 visitors chairs, window […]

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Environmental, Health threat…
Mercury in Gold mining increases

It took nearly two hours from Bo City to Lablama, a gold mining hamlet on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s Southern Province.Approximately 200 meters off the Kangari Hills Forest Reserve gangs of artisanal gold miners clusters around pits frantically searching for gold as if it were the California Gold Rush of the 1800s.One of the

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Mercury in Gold mining increases
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Alpha Khan appeals to political leaders not to mislead the people

Minister of Presidential and Public Affairs, Alhaji Alpha Sahid Bakar Khan has blamed political leaders for intensify regional and tribal divide. According to the minister the ordinary people had no issue relating with themselves, “I think it is us the political leaders who are misleading our people.” He appeals to political leaders to ensure that

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Social Welfare Ministry, UNDP capacitate and empower disable with riding skills

The Ministry of Social Welfare in collaboration with UNDP has concluded the first batch of training for sixteen-persons with disabilities on rickshaws(Keke) in Freetown and presented eight motorcycles to them by the Minister Madam Baindu Dassama. This is in line with President Julius Maada Bio’s vision to ensure a safe and productive society for all

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Minister of Planning expresses satisfaction over Census Results

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai has expressed satisfaction of the outcome of the 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC) result. The Minister confirmed his satisfaction of the overall outcome of the results, stating the professionalism and leadership demonstrated by Statistics Sierra Leone throughout the process. Minister Kai-Kai also

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SLCB LAUNCHES ‘SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES’ PROMOTION

Sierra Leone’s leading commercial institution, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, with a reputation for promoting many worthy human and social causes, has thrown its weight behind the popular African Young Voices (AYV) media Housemate Salone Season 3 show as an official sponsor and also with its promotion “SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES”. During the promotion period, existing

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Principal, 19 WASSCE candidates in ACC’ net for exams malpractices

The Scorpion Squad of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday, Thursday 9th June 2022, conducted series of raids at various examination centres, and arrested the Principal of Shamsierra Secondary School, White Tank, Rokel, Western Rural District, and 19 candidates writing the English Language paper for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2022. Six (6)

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UN RC calls for reflection on conditions of detention and complaint mechanisms

United Nations Resident Coordinator Babatunde Ahonsi has encouraged senior-level staff of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS) to reflect on the conditions of detention and the complaint mechanisms available for the detainees in corrections centres across the country. Mr Ahonsi made the call at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown on Wednesday yesterday at the

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