All Media Houses are invited to witness and cover the historic celebration of Democracy at the U.S. State Department on August 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.Washington, DC..August 10, 2023 "Sierra Leoneans for Democracy" – a group of Sierra Leoneans residing in the United States of America want the people of
By: Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah The Sierra Leone Government has deployed 110 new doctors across the country, which has had a paucity of medics especially in the provinces. Fifty of them were sent to the countryside and the remaining 50 in and around Freetown. Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby said the number of doctors – who will be doing their houseman-ship for
The deaths of a man and woman found shot inside a vehicle in northeast Edmonton last month are now believed to be linked to the killing of a 20-year old man who was shot outside an apartment building eight days later. The deaths are tied to "ongoing conflict" in the city, police said Tuesday.
An Edmonton family is in mourning after their son Mohamed Lamin Fofanah, 20, was killed in a shooting earlier this month that also took the life of Mya Abialmouna, 21.
May 31, 2021
By Elizabeth A. Kaine
Children from districts most affected by poverty are prioritized for school feeding. Photo published with author’s permission.
In 2018, President Bio promised to “Expand and improve school feeding programmes
in all pre-schools and primary schools.” Three years later we are examining this promise.
Accomplishments
There are several important accomplishments in school feeding since 2018. For example, the national budget included a dedicated line to school feeding, totalling 70 billion Leones for 2020 and 71 billion Leones for 2021. This May, Sierra Leone also approved the National School Feeding Policy, to guide the implementation of the School Feeding Programme (SFP), managed by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE).