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]
Abdul Rashid Thomas & Pauline Pratt: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: The arrival of the first freed slaves to Sierra Leone in 1787 after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade which led to the creation of what became known as Freetown – the capital city of Sierra Leone, [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: Evelyn Lewis, a Sierra Leonean social entrepreneur and technologist, has developed an application to aid the fight against COVID-19. His software company, SBTS Group, developed the Health Outbreak Manager (HOM) software which consists of an app and a comprehensive suite of tools [Read More]
Prof Joachim Osur, Lolem B. Ngong and Dr George Kimathi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: In an ideal world, ‘communities should not be mere spectators’ but co-architects of health decisions impacting their well-being. Concerns around vaccine trials should be addressed and researchers should prioritize community engagement. What then does a vaccine [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s primary school – the EducAid Maronka Primary School in Port Loko, northern Sierra Leone will next month play a key part in the world’s biggest grassroots online education conference – World Education Week. EducAid Maronka Primary School, noted for its [Read More]
Lamin Costo Daramy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 August 2020: Social media is the new means of communication that has taken over our lives. We go online basically for most of the things we want, but most importantly to keep abreast of things happening -from news, shopping and travel to everyday [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2020: BBC Focus on Africa radio was launched in 1960 and by 15th August of the same year it had become a permanent slot on the BBC World Service airwaves. The BBC’s first African news and current affairs programme started as a 15-minute programme broadcast [Read More]
Abayomi Tejan Snr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2020: The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Technical College is on the move, up and running since the start of this academic year. The college is a flagship project of President Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, and is placed under the [Read More]
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