WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine The World Health Organization on Friday gave emergency use authorization to  China’s Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy...

FIFA, CAF Presidents Pay Courtesy Call on Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, Promise to Improve Football Infrastructure to Host the African Cup of Nations   By State House Media and Communications...

Administrator General enhances work in Regional Offices   By: Amara Kargbo SLENA-Correspondent Saptieu E. Saccoh, Administrator and Registrar General of the Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (OARG) and her team...

UAE DONATES FOOD ITEMS FOR THE MONTH OF RAMADAN Humanitarian assistance from the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) to muslims observing the month of ramadan  yesterday arrived via a special flight at the Lungi airport. Resident Minister...

President  Bio Participates in a High-Level Virtual Dialogue on Leveraging Innovations and Technology for Food Systems Transformation in Africa   His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has participated in a high-level...

Over 1.4 Million Children to receive FREE Polio Marklate By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Health Education Officer-HED/MoHS The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with its partners will embark on a 2 rounds of reactive National...

Ambassador Baryoh Holds Consultative Meeting With NGOs By Idrissa Hilton Gogra , Information Attach'e , Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Federal Republic of Germany The Sierra Leone Ambassador Extra Ordinaire and...

Girls aged 14 -24 years are at high risk of being infected with HIV than boys: says UNAIDS “Girls aged 14 -24 years are more likely to be infected with HIV than boys,” said the UNAIDS Country Representative in Sierra Leone. This was...

When President Bio Talks 4IR…   By Tanu Jalloh President Bio at the Blockchain Conference, Kampala, Uganda – 3 July 2019 Sounding as if he was talking about life in the far-distant future the leader of a small West...

(SLENA, 30th March, 2021). The new Country Director for the African Development Bank in Sierra Leone, Madam Halima Hashi last week presented her Letters of Credentials to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,...

(SLENA, 30th March, 2021). His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has toured the two Tambakha Chiefdoms and discussed his government’s plans to construct the first Senior Secondary School in that part of northern Sierra...

(SLENA, 30th March, 2021). The General Secretary of Orange mobile company, Haffie Haffner has said that Orange-SL has been operating for five years now in the country and providing excellent service for the Sierra Leonean populace. Madam...

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and Stakeholders in the energy sector (SLENA, 30th March, 2021). His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called for a sustainable partnership when he addressed a roundtable of stakeholders...

(SLENA, 30th March, 2021). His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has toured major towns in the Karene District as part of his inclusive approach to governance and shared his government’s district-specific achievements for citizens in...

(SLENA, 30th March, 2021). The Sierra Leone's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Alie Kabbah has said violence against women and girls remains pervasive across the world, despite significant efforts to eliminate, and prevent...

Social Media is awash with stories on the unbundling of the Sierra Leone Cable Network (SALCAB). The generated public interest is understandable given concerns about still limited access to internet and the high charges. While it is so pleasurable...

We are living in a time when one can easily fall into the temptation of believing all is gloom. The year 2020 has been so dominated by COVID-19 and its effects that we have hardly had time to show to ourselves due appreciation for the dividends of...

This week, I fear we have reached another acute moment in the use of hate speech, and I am using this editorial to add the voice of Sierra News to that of many Sierra Leoneans who are calling for the outright rejection of hate speech. Hate...

The invention of the World Wide Web is arguably the greatest social revolution in modern times. Through the World Wide Web we get connected with each other in real time. Access is however not equitable at this point. In 2017, the World Bank...

This week, I fear we have reached another acute moment in the use of hate speech, and I am using this editorial to add the voice of Sierra News to that of many Sierra Leoneans who are calling for the outright rejection of hate speech. Hate...