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Originally established as a chimpanzee sanctuary, Tacugama has grown to become much more than just a sanctuary. Founded in 1995, Tacugama has played a significant role in putting Sierra Leone on the map, having been featured on global television networks like CNN and Aljazeera, Tacugama’s work spans far beyond the borders of Sierra Leone, reaching people on all the continents, with the help of robust social media campaigns. Tacugama is Sierra Leone’s number one tourist location on Trip Advisor, attracting people from across the world to come to experience the serene natural beauty that Sierra Leone has to offer. Tacugama…
Led by President Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and its affiliate bodies held an engagement with the New UNDP Resident Representative Frederick Hans Ampiah and his core team at his Fourah Bay Close office in Freetown. Nasralla briefed the UNDP Resident Representative and his team on SLAJ and the media landscape in Sierra Leone looking beyond just what one sees in the newspapers and hears on radio and television. He talked about media pluralism (its positives and negatives), media ownership, media poverty and reporters’ welfare, media viability and sustainability, media freedom and responsibility,…
On 14th – 15th December 2023, the National Consumer Protection Commission (NCPC) held induction and training of newly appointed staff at the Office of National Security (ONS) at Tower Hill in Freetown, where its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stressed the importance of upholding integrity by all. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Madam Massaquoi, representing the Ministry of Trade and Industry gave a brief background to the establishment of the Commission, which was born out of an Act of Parliament enacted in 2020. She maintained that President Bio desires to ensure that Sierra Leoneans get value for their money from transactions in the…
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani attend a working dinner during G7 ministerial meetings, in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. [Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP] Old (colonial) habits die hard. After a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the wealthy Group of Seven (G7) countries in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, in early November, US…
Freetown Terminal Limited (FTL), a subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics (AGL) Company, donated school materials worth a little over Le150 million to over 1,000 school-going kids at Moa Wharf and Sea Side Communities in Freetown on Friday 15th December 2023. General Manager of the company, Maroun Adiaad, said the donation is part of the company’s yearly corporate social responsibility and a way of complementing the government’s free quality education project. He explained that the donation package contained school bags and other materials that would help reduce the burden on parents in the two communities. “We see this now as a mandate…
By Abubakarr Bah Sierra Leone’s Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has requested his Thai counterpart, Hon. Phiphat Ratohakit Prakaran, to facilitate the unconditional release and repatriation of two Sierra Leonean nationals who are allegedly imprisoned in Thailand. Hon. Swaray requested his Thai counterpart during a meeting on the sidelines of the first Global Labour Market Conference (GLMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, 14th December 2023. The two Sierra Leoneans, Daniel Fanne Sesay and Alpha Bundu were trafficked from Sierra Leone to Thailand by illegal recruiters on the pretext that they were going to…
The Students’ Union Government of the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU) on Friday 15th December 2023, conducted their elections for Governors of the three campuses and the Federal Presidency for the 2023/24 Academic year. Mr Abdul Malik Sawaneh emerged as the new Federal President, Sio Mohamed Sulaiman Kamara, Governor-Congo Cross campus, Arthur Dominic Margai, Governor-Goderich campus and Brima Maxwell Momoh-Governor Brookfields campus. This year, three different elections were conducted Federal Presidency, Governors for the three campuses and the resuscitated Federal Students’ Representative Council (FSRC), the Parliamentary organ of the SU government that has been dormant over the years. The…
By Augustine Sankoh The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) with support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), on Thursday 14th December 2023, at Taiama Chiefdom, Moyamba District, commissioned 29 new Early Childhood Education (ECD) Centres in the Karene and Moyamba Districts. The commissioning marks a total of 59 ECD centres constructed so far and doubles up the support to boost early learning for children living in underserved districts, which includes Pujehun, Kambia and Bombali. Over 2,000 children will be benefiting from newly constructed Early Childhood…
In a momentous celebration marking the Platinum Jubilee of Christ the King College (CKC) in Bo District, Sierra Leone, the esteemed institution took the opportunity to recognise and express gratitude to Africell Sierra Leone for their unwavering support and contributions to both the school and national development. At a grand ceremony held within the school premises, CKC presented a prestigious certificate of appreciation to Africell Sierra Leone in acknowledgement of their significant role in fostering educational growth and development within the institution and the broader community. The certificate was conferred as a testament to Africell’s commitment to supporting educational initiatives…
Abimbola Carol. Edleen Elba Rev. Peter Conteh. Tunde Cole Thomas Babadi Kamara Chozen Generation Sierra Leone has announced the list of nine Sierra Leoneans who used their services, businesses or crafts to inspire change and to help build the much-craved positive image of Sierra Leone in 2022. Every year, Chozen Generation Sierra Leone starts the process by asking the public to nominate Sierra Leoneans, who have performed exceptionally in their field of work in the year under review. The 2022 final list comprises entrepreneurs, religious leaders, medical personnel, philanthropists, a musicians. The collection shows Sierra Leoneans from all walks of life, who…