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Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), on a nationwide campaign.

Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), has embarked on a nationwide campaign titled: Participatory Enquiry to Community Knowledge on CHAMPS activities. The campaign would facilitate information gathering for the transitional project the organization and the Ministry of Health would…

Home grown training of PHD candidates in the health sector to be implemented.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor College of Medicine and Allied Health Science Professor Mohamed Samai has said that in order to strengthen the medical health sciences, they will be embarking on home grown training of PHD candidates in the health sector.

Wall collapse, resulting in the destruction of four homes and the homelessness of almost twenty persons.

Over the weekend, tragedy struck some residents at Sesay Drive, Regent Village in the Western Area Rural District, as heavy rains caused a wall to collapse, destroying four households and leaving more than twenty people homeless.

Mudslide at Congo town has left some devastated. 

A mudslide at Congo town wharf has claimed the life of one person and rendered several others homeless.  This was as a result of a heavy down pour on Sunday morning.

Persons with Disabilities has organized a pivotal one-day dialogue workshop alongside other development partners.

In a collaborative effort to enhance the participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in society, the National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPD), in partnership with the Ministry of Social Welfare (MOSW), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Caritas Sierra…

The Sierra Leonean organization for twins and multiple births hosted an amazing social event.

In order to showcase that the beauty of twins does not just end with birth, the Twins and Multiple Birth Sierra Leone Organization has held a social gathering in togetherness so they can be one family and make future plans…

Hundred and fifteen kush victims rehabilitated.

Having gone through eight weeks of intense rehabilitation, one hundred fifteen kush victims have been joined by the minister of social welfare to give thanksgiving to God as their lives have been transformed. They told the SLBC that they have…

Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat has held a High-Level Geneva Technical Round Table Meeting.

Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat has held a High-Level Geneva Technical Round Table Meeting with development partners seeking to address climate change and promote renewable energy and food security. The occasion was graced by both national and international experts that shared…

Parliament has also approved the Dry port Concession Agreement. 

Parliament has also approved the Dry port Concession Agreement by and between Sierra Leone Ports and Harbor Authority and the Government through the Minister of Transport industrial Zone Limited and Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms for the design, development, financing, construction,…

Parliament has enacted the Criminal Procedure Act 2024.

Parliament has enacted the Criminal Procedure Act 2024. The new Act repeals and replaces the historic Criminal Procedure Act 1965. After a dramatic encounter between lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition the bill finally saw the light of day….