Saturday’s election is considered by some analysts as a very tight race between the two leading candidates — incumbent Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio and opposition leader Samura Kamara. Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, is seeking reelection in Saturday’s crucial general polls — the fifth since the country’s brutal 10-year civil war that […]
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has vowed to combat the polydrug kush, saying that drug abuse in the West African nation is a “national emergency.” Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio said Thursday that the West African nation was facing “an existential threat due to the devastating impact of drugs and drug addiction — […]
Freetown — ‘It has to pay for the girls to leave sex work. If they cannot earn as much, then they will always go back.’ When Oxfam staff in Haiti were caught paying earthquake survivors for sex, many aid organisations moved to overhaul their safeguarding policies and tried to clamp down on the practice of […]
More than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic tests will be shipped to 14 countries in largest-ever global deployment, with the first shipment landing today in Malawi. This first official deployment of tests through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will improve timely detection and monitoring of outbreaks, effectiveness of vaccination campaigns in response to current outbreaks, and […]
Some polling stations opened several hours late, with local media reporting confusion among crowds of voters. A two-horse race for president emerged between incumbent Julius Maada Bio and opposition leader Samur Kamara. Sierra Leoneans voted on Saturday in a presidential election to decide whether to give incumbent Julius Maada Bio a second term. Local media […]
Attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone on 26 November 2023 were a failed coup attempt, according to police and government officials in the west African country of 8.8 million people. Christina Mammone, who has researched Sierra Leone’s transition from mass violence, conflict and atrocities to peace, answers questions on the attempted coup. […]
Geneva/New York — More than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic tests will be shipped to 14 countries in largest-ever global deployment, with the first shipment landing today in Malawi. This first official deployment of tests through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will improve timely detection and monitoring of outbreaks, effectiveness of vaccination campaigns in response to […]