Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2020: On Tuesday 3rd November, the Director of Non-Communicable Diseases at Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced that it is planning to make epilepsy a health priority. (Photo above: Health workers receive training). The announcement took place at the start of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2020: Sierra Leone government’s students loan scheme which was proposed by President Julius Maada Bio during his inaugural address in the House of Parliament in 2018, has received overwhelming support across the country, with the latest endorsements coming from opposition leaders in parliament. The students’ [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2020: Last Thursday, the management of Mercury International presented a cheque of Le 500 million to President Dr Julius Maada Bio to support the construction of a multi-storey classroom building for the St. Joseph’s Convent Secondary School in Freetown. Managing Director of the Sports Betting [Read More]
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: There has been no vocal advocate and supporter of Sierra Leone’s (National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC) than me. I have defended and supported them in public and in privately and written several articles in support of their handling of the COVID [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: Born on 17th October 1920, Mr Mohamed Sallieu Thomas is one of Freetown’s oldest residents, and arguably the oldest in Aberdeen, West of Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is the patriarch of the Thomas family of Aberdeen – descendants of Liberated Africans slaves who founded [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2020: A BBC News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan. There are nearly 30,000 Islamic schools, known as “khalwas” across Sudan. The investigation, “The Schools that Chain Boys”, has found that boys as young as five-years-old are routinely chained, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2020: Yesterday, Saturday 10th October, Advocacy for Mental Health and Human Rights (AMHHR) joined hands to observe World Mental Health Day to raise awareness on mental health issues around the world and mobilise efforts in support of mental health, particularly in Sierra Leone. The organisation [Read More]
Dele Ogun: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2020: This paper was delivered by Dele Ogun (Photo), Convenor of the Fatherland Group at the 19th anniversary celebration of the African Voice Newspaper on 19th September 2020. I was a boy of 7 when I came to Britain in 1969 from my [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2020: Three-quarters of people over-40 in Sierra Leone have at least one health factor that could contribute to cardiovascular disease – creating a ‘ticking time bomb’ of death and disability in one of the world’s poorest counties, a new study reveals. Researchers found that cardiovascular [Read More]
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