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Zimbabwe’s Patriotic Act Is Progressive, Worth Emulating- Lusambo
- Zambia
Gunmen invade Yangoji village, abduct 7-year-old girl
- Nigeria
Chimwendo lauds ‘unmatched’ excellence of Habitat for Humanity at panel discussion in Kenya
- Malawi
Prof Ama Ata Aidoo had an interesting perspective of life – Brigitte Dzogbenuku
- Ghana
Putin Blames Kyiv For Kakhovka Dam Explosion As ‘Barbaric’
- Nigeria
Malawi first lady Monica Chakwera hails China; Visits Home of Hope Orphanage
- Malawi
Enforcing forestry laws will stop illegal loggers, says Obaseki
- Nigeria
Management of Gambaga Witches camps calls for support to refurbish huts
- Ghana
US ex-school guard on trial for not stopping shooter
- Nigeria
Participating Clubs Excited As Naija Super 8 Tournament Draws Closer
- Nigeria
ECOWAS holds Working Session to Develop Contingency Plan to Manage Displaced Persons
- Ghana
Museveni Addresses Country’s Inflation, Reveals Game plan to Force Prices Down
- Uganda
Police Arrest Nine Armed Robbery Suspects In Enugu
- Nigeria
My ex-husband would ‘always remain love of my life’ – Caroline Danjuma
- Nigeria
‘It’s already parked’: MaMkhize dreams of owning luxurious blue and gold private jet [PICS]
- South Africa
Nigeria not bad in selecting leaders, says group
- Nigeria
Unmasking The Puppet Masters National Prayer Altar Organizes Colloquium to Address Ethnic Conflicts in Nigeria
- Ghana
BBC Media Action tutors bloggers on mis/disinformation
- Sierra Leone
Court Grants Langtang-North Elected LG Chair Access To Govt’s Accounts
- Nigeria
PCRC Decries Absence Of Road Marshals, Offices In Kebbi
- Nigeria
West Ham United beat Fiorentina to win Conference League
- Ghana
Naija Super 8: Clubs excited by play-off Spots
- Nigeria
Lotto and Lotto Plus results: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- South Africa
Eunice Nkeyasen Eco Foundation launched to fight environmental degradation
- Ghana
AfDB Launches Urban Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation Study in Djibouti
- Ethiopia
4 International Fashion Designers That Found Their Inspiration in Ancient Egypt
- Egypt
Tanzania plans to spend 10.5 tri/- on servicing debt
- Tanzania
Tinubu Holds first meeting with NGF
- Nigeria
Efforts being taken to address Agyinasare-Nogokpo impasse – Peace Council
- Ghana
5000 people ordered to vacate RAZABA area in Bagamoyo
- Tanzania
Sierra Leone
CSL Board Ends Two -days Symposium On Cricket 360 Framework Review Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The Board of Cricket Sierra Leone (CSL) Ltd ends a two-day symposium to digest the Report and Recommendations advanced by ICC Regional representatives during their April 2023 visit on Cricket Organizational 360 Framework Review. The Report and Recommendations, detailed at the core, point at key areas that will acceler...
Luawa Moves Out Of Relegation After Defeating Wilberforce FC Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – One of the teams promoted to division one this year, Luawa FC who were in the relegation zone has moved from relegation after defeating Wilberforce FC by a goal to nil on Monday 5th June 2023 at the Angola field. This win has placed Luawa FC above relegation with 31 points from 28 matches winning 7, with 10 draws and ...
Kambia: PWDs Stepping Up Politically Kambia. SIERRA LEONE – As we closely approach the June 24 Election persons with disability in Kambia district have stepped up politically in the exercise of their full franchise. Leading to the general election underway in less than three weeks, a total of four Persons with disability have successfully secured political symbols to aspire as c...
BBC Media Action Tutors Bloggers On Mis/disinformation Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The BBC Media Action, through a project funded by UNDP has recently tutored bloggers on mis/disinformation across the Northern Region. Inspired by the need to tackle the menace of mis/disinformation in Sierra Leone, the training was aimed at creating a safer online ecosystem where truth and accuracy can thrive. Pointi...
MRCG Capacitate Female Journalists On Dealing With Online Issues, Other Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) with support funding from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Ghana, have capacitated female journalists drawn from Women in the Media in Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), on identifying and dealing with online issues as well as d...
AfDB To Unlock Significant Additional Resources For Low-income Countries—Adesina Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – As the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved management’s request to leverage the equity of the African Development Fund when fully implemented, the Group could unlock up to $27 billion to help low-income and fragile states, said AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina. Leveraging the ...
Man Arrested With Pistol, Mask By Alimamy Jalloh@awokonewspaper.sl At approximately 1am to 2am at the Portee Junction checkpoint manned by military and police personnel on Sunday, a man alleged to have been an armed robber was arrested in possession of a pistol and mask during a routine stop and search operation at Portee Junction, Bai Bureh Road. While his vehicle was being sea...
Sierra Leone Now Has A Shiny New Multi-million Dollar Building To Fight Corruption Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 June 2023: Sierra Leone, still classed as one of the poorest nations in the world, struggling to feed itself and constantly looking for donor support to pay for the country’s healthcare needs, questions are being asked as to whether the government should have spent millions of dollars it can ill-afford on a new luxurious...
IMF To Disburse US$20.8 Million To Government Of Sierra Leone The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has on the 5th June, 2023 approved the Economic Performance Programme of the Government of Sierra Leone which will trigger immediate disbursement of about US$20.8 million. This disclosure was made by the Ministry of Finance. in collaboration with the Bank of Sierra Leone and the National Reve...
Gento’s Manifesto Plans Prove Detractors Wrong Of A Clueless Ambition At the launch of his manifesto titled: “Freetown for We All”, aspiring Mayor of Freetown under the SLPP ticket, Mohamed Gento Kamara, made it abundantly clear that his manifesto entails five commitments should he be elected Mayor. These are: Water for we all; Clean city for we all; Jobs for we all; Public spaces and services for we all and Free...
ACC New ‘Integrity House’ Head Office Officially Commissioned In Freetown The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC’s) new ultra-modern Headquarters building, named Integrity House, has been officially opened by President Julius Maada Bio on the 5th June, 2023 at Tower Hill in Freetown. In his remarks, President Bio started by reminding the gathering that corruption is an existential threat to the image, integrity, and w...
Sierra Leone And Four Other Nations Elected To U.N. Security Council Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 June 2023: Five countries including Sierra Leone were yesterday elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly. Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will join the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security for a two-y...
Chief Justice Assures Of Expeditiously Dealing With Electoral Offences & Petitions The Chief Justice, His Lordship, Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, has on the 4th June,2023 assured the Carter Center Observation Mission to Sierra Leone that the Judiciary is prepared to expeditiously handle election offences and petitions when they come up during the electoral cycle. “We’re going to handle these elections with the pr...
Chinese Medical Team Donates Medical Supplies To Jui Hospital In commemorating the 60th Anniversary of dispatching the first China Medical Team to Africa and the 50th Anniversary of dispatching the first China Medical Team to Sierra Leone, the Government of the People’s Republic of China, through the 24th Batch of the China Medical Team in Sierra Leone, has on Friday 2nd June, 2023 donated medical supplie...
China Medical Team Restores The Sight Of 105 Years Sierra Leonean Patient The 6th June every year is observed as Chinese National Eye Care Day. The day is designated to dilate on the importance of eye health and promoting eye care awareness among the general public since 1996. In a bid to observe this year’s Chinese National Eye Care Day on the theme: “Prioritizing Universal Eye Health” which also marked the 28th &...
Serve4Good Keeps Girls In School Serve4Good has recently completed a pilot project geared towards providing clean water and menstrual hygiene for young girls in Sierra Leone. The pilot project was designed to provide girls of Malimba Community School with what is dubbed: ‘She-Shelter’, girls-only cabin with running water and reusable underwear used during their menses. The pro...
FBC Students Hail Gento Kamara & Pledge Support “I will get the job done with your support. I hope that you are ready to use the knowledge you have gained to make Freetown the best city in the world and I am appealing to you all to vote for me on June 24, 2023 because I am a builder and I fix things. I have what it takes to fix Freetown, the reason why I am contesting for the position of Mayor...
NP’s Timeliness In Petroleum Importation Helps Greatly In Averting Shortages It is now an established fact that the proactive stance of NP(SL)Ltd in timely importing petroleum products that will last over time has been greatly helpful, over the years, to avert periodic shortages taking place that will lead to serious socio-economic dislocations that could degenerate into chaotic and volatile situations that maybe very inimi...
Samura Kamara On The Charm Offensive With His One Nation Manifesto Ahead Of Elections – Op Ed APC Media Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2023: In a resounding success for the APC opposition, the Southern District of Moyamba has been won over by the charismatic and visionary leadership of Dr Samura Kamara. The people of Moyamba District turned out in droves to hear Dr Kamara speak, and his message of hope and progress resonated deeply wi...
IMF Disburses $20.7 Million To Sierra Leone Ahead Of Elections As Economic Hardship Worsens Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2023: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday published a statement saying it has approved SDR 15.555 million (about US$20.7 million) to help cushion the impact of the accelerating decline of Sierra Leone’s economy. This statement came following completion of its Sixth and Seventh Revi...
IMF Board Approves US$20.7m For SL Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have approved the immediate disbursement of US$20.7 million, under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement. This was announced Monday 5th June 2023, after the Board completed its Sixth and Seventh Reviews which paved the way for the release of the fun...
Youth Advocates, Journalists Pledge To Collaborate, Tackle Information Disorder By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Makeni, SIERRA LEONE – Youth advocates and journalists from the six regions of Sierra Leone have pledged to collaborate with SLAJ and their partners to tackle information disorder particularly, on the upcoming general elections. They made the pledge at the Bintumani conference center in Freetown, foll...
Sierra Leone Has A Positive Democracy Other Countries Should Learn From – Serena Bertaina Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – The European Union Team leader, Governance and Relations with CSOs Serena Bertaina made this call in a two days media literacy training organized by SLAJ at Bintumani. She encouraged journalists and young Sierra Leoneans who are actually using the social media to be more careful about the information they will want to...
Leone Stars Coach Names Provisional Squad To Face Nigeria Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – Leone Stars head coach John Keister has named 38 players including 12 foreign-based and 26 home-based players for the match against Nigeria in Liberia on the 18th of June 2023. The home players are; Ibrahim Sesay, Donald Kamara, Saidu F Kamara, Abu Bakarr Samura, Esheihk Kamara, Lamin Conteh, Juma Bah, Edward Fornah, ...
Star Sports Football Academy Are Off To Senegal For Youth Tourney By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Yesterday, a Star Sports Football Delegation including 21 players plus officials bid farewell at a News conference in Makeni as they journey to Senegal to take part in an international Youth tournament organized by EF11 sports management. Head coach of the academy Tamba Ngongou announced his 21-man squad wh...
Fmr. Njala University Student Takes Salone To ECOWAS Court Freetown, SIERRA LEONE – A former student of Njala University, Bo, Mohamed Morlu has taken the government to Court over what his Lawyers refer to as violations of his right to a remedy and access to justice. The plaintiff is asking for financial compensation of USD 250, 000; an order for the government to bear the cost of his medical treatmen...
HRCSL Staff Trained On Human Rights, Elections Monitoring The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has been training its staff including the District Human Rights Committees (DHRCs) from the 16 Districts in the country on “Human Rights and Election Monitoring.” The initiative aimed to build advocacy and monitoring skills for participants for them to monitor human rights issues during the el...
Old Students of Tema Methodist Day SHS call for infrastructure support
- Ghana
Two in custody for assaulting ECG Officials
- Ghana
Joburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda facing first no confidence motion
- South Africa
UK Commits £2 Million To Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Workforce
- Nigeria
Let Appointment Of Security Chiefs Reflect Nation’s Diversity, CAN Advises Tinubu
- Nigeria
Citi Breakfast Show, Wednesday, 7th June, 2023
- Ghana
KCARP, Dredge Masters and others receive Excellence Awards
- Ghana
Young FOMWAG launches 25th anniversary celebration
- Ghana
5000 people ordered to vacate RAZABA area in Bagamoyo
- Tanzania
ZINDI co-founding member of South African AI Association encourages AI education and re-skilling with Artificial Intelligence
- Ghana
Livestream: Prof Frimpong-Boateng speaks about his arrest by Special Prosecutor
- Ghana
AfBC,FARA sign MoU to boost agribusiness in Africa
- Ghana
Cultural Games Association Operations Continues in Accra, Ghana
- Ghana
WHY ZAMBIA MUST ABANDON THE IMF DEAL- Antonio Mwanza
- Zambia
PUL Denounces Flogging Of Bana FM Journalist Winston Blyden
- Liberia
We are determined to defend the Assin North seat – Mustapha Gbande
- Ghana
INEC yet to release vital documents after collecting N6.69m – Atiku
- Nigeria
JUST IN: Tinubu meets governors at Villa
- Nigeria
Museveni Reveals Why More Foreign Invetors Are Embracing Uganda
- Uganda
Tinubu Meets Lawmakers-Elect On Thursday
- Nigeria
WHY DID HICHILEMA GO AGAINST THE SADC RESOLUTION ON AFRICOM?- Fred M’membe
- Zambia
Atheists finger govt for ‘wasting money on Prayer Breakfast’
- Kenya
Police Rescue Abducted Chinese Man In Abia
- Nigeria
Efforts being taken to address Agyinasare-Nogokpo impasse – Peace Council
- Ghana
Harriet Osei-Amoah provides 900 SHS girls with sanitary pads
- Ghana
NDC primaries: Loss of 17 NDC MPs unfortunate – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
- Ghana
Let’s collaborate to halt climate change – Lands Minister to academia
- Ghana
HOWARD KUNDA FORMS POLITICAL PARTY
- Zambia
Chimwendo lauds ‘unmatched’ excellence of Habitat for Humanity at panel discussion in Kenya
- Malawi
Mothwa set for Pirates switch after Usuthu snub, Sekhukhune also keen
- South Africa
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