Africa Sierra Leone The 'Smart Sierra Leone Project' aims to improve rural connectivity, create a secure city infrastructure and develop a centralised national data centre with funding from the Export-Import Bank of China
Africa Sierra Leone The EU will provide 660.000€ to the government to safeguard the rich biodiversity of the Loma Mountains and surrounding areas, in a three-year project on conservation efforts and sustainable development initiatives
Africa Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, was captured on video joining other women in a spirited dance to celebrate the passing of a historic law banning child marriages
Africa Sierra Leone The Fashion Design and Textile Association was launched with the aim of unifying and strengthening the country's fragmented fashion and textile industry, creating a collaborative platform for the advancement of the sector
Africa Sierra Leone The project Boosting Agriculture and Food Security in Sierra Leone concluded with a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the country's first modern cashew processing plant, which will focus on employing women and young people
Africa Sierra Leone The Karate Federation is aiming for Olympic success with young cadets, as expressed by its president speaking at a ceremony in honour of the federation's recent success at the Manor River Union Championship, where it won 40 medals
Africa Sierra Leone Deputy Justice Minister Alpha Sesay unveiled the complexities of the next phase of Sierra Leone's constitutional review process, shedding light on the technical progress being made
Africa Sierra Leone Inhabitants of the southern provinces of Sekong and Salavan can now access empowerment programmes and basic nutritional knowledge thanks to the collaborative efforts of international organisations and the government
Africa Sierra Leone Several cities in Sierra Leone, including the capital Freetown, have been plunged into darknessfor several days due to the state's failure to pay electricity bills, severely affecting hospitals, families and businesses
Africa Sierra Leone 85.000 people are currently struggling with epilepsy throughout the country, revealed Max Bangura, executive director of the Sierra Leone Epilepsy Association
Africa Sierra Leone National emergency has been declared for growing abuse of kush, a psychoactive mixture of addictive substances made also from human bones affecting 63% of patients of Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital; security has also been tightened at cemeteries
Africa Sierra Leone Deaths of victims who have taken the substance known as kush are spreading across the country; often the bodies go unidentified and unclaimed
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio hailed China's continued support for infrastructure development during his state visit to China, his second since assuming the presidency