Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2022: One of the initially unintentional but now incredibly important consequences of me serving as Mayor of Freetown, our capital city, is the inspiration this provides to many girls and young women across the country. Over the past four years, I [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2022: On Thursday 7 April 2022, Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio spoke at the opening of the country’s 2022 National Health Summit held in the Freetown International Conference Center in Bintumani, Freetown, where he also recognised and awarded several healthcare workers for their [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2022: With the arrival of just over 500,000 new vaccines from the United States in Sierra Leone in March alone, the United States reached an important milestone of 500 million vaccines donated world-wide, according to a statement from the US embassy in Freetown. The 200,000 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2022: Yesterday, Sierra Leone’s minister of basic education, David Sengeh made several unannounced visits to schools in the capital Freetown, to gain first-hand experience of teacher and pupil absenteeism, and was shocked to find that most of the schools visited recorded high levels of pupil [Read More]
FCC Communications: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2022: Yesterday, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, councillors and staff of Freetown City Council joined a cultural parade led by the leaders of the 17 ethnic groups in Freetown, in celebration of 230 years (1792 – 2022), since the founding of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2022: Sierra Leonean TV host and digital entrepreneur Vickie Remoe (Photo above) will showcase creatives and entrepreneurs in the DMV. The upcoming Make Sierra Leone Famous event will include culture and history exhibits, a tasting of Sierra Leonean food, and a fireside chat with startup [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 February 2022: The first patient to undergo surgical treatment on Africa Mercy since its return to Africa has been welcomed aboard. Docked in the autonomous port of Dakar since February 1s this floating hospital has resumed its original mission to provide free surgeries and medical training [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr. Memunatu Pratt and World Monuments Fund (WMF) yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for a preservation project to save Old Fourah Bay College in the Cline Town district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, funded [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2022 Merck Foundation has launched its annual “MARS Best African Woman Researcher Awards” to acknowledge women in science. Merck Foundation works closely with African policy makers to empower girls in education and women in STEM. Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Most Influential [Read More]
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