Africa Sierra Leone Twelve districts in Sierra Leone have successfully reduced the transmission of lymphatic filariasis (known locally as 'bigfoot') thanks to the Ministry of Health's partnership with the US
Africa Sierra Leone In a bid to tackle the worsening mix of extreme heat, overcrowding and poverty that is rapidly eroding health and safety for at least 35% of its population, the city of Freetown recently appointed Africa's first Chief Heat Officer
Africa Sierra Leone First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has been appointed for a two-year term as a member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Division for Multilateral Diplomacy
Africa Sierra Leone 3 months after handing over a shipment of Chairboys kits to the Spratley Charitable Foundation for the children in the country, Sierra Leonean footballer Sullay Kaikai had the chance to meet the youths as he prepares for the Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Sierra Leone Together with Liberia, the country has called for a mini summit of the Mano River Union to address human trafficking issues in the sub-region
Africa Sierra Leone World Bank approves $60 million funding to support and expand coverage and accessibility of essential maternal and child health services that will directly benefit two million people
Africa Sierra Leone President Bio said Statistics Sierra Leone will conduct a two-week count of everyone starting today; it will also collect administrative, demographic, social and economic information on all households and individuals
Africa Sierra Leone Since 2018, the annual number of students passing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has increased by 60%, 39.029 students nationally; for the first time, the BECE has recorded more female than male pass rates
Africa Sierra Leone Jeremiah Thoronka, a young student, is the winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021 of US$100.000 for inventing the Optim Energy device that uses the kinetic energy of traffic and pedestrians to generate clean energy
Africa Sierra Leone Government has guaranteed free access to medical treatment for all injured, while the parliament of ECOWAS Economic Community has commiserated with the country over the oil tanker explosion that has caused around 100 casualties, and pledged solidarity
Africa Sierra Leone The first cocoa processing factory in the country has been opened by Capitol Foods Ltd, with an annual production capacity of 4.000 tonnes and dozens of jobs for local people; the country is one of the world's biggest cocoa producers and exporters
Africa Sierra Leone The death penalty has been formally abolished as President Julius Maada Bio signed the new law
Africa Sierra Leone Kingho Investment Company, through various donations of equipment to the Information Crimes Unit in the capital has furthered its collaborative work with the security sector; it also donated bags of cement for the construction of a hospital in Makeni