By Politico Staff Writer
High Commissioners designate of South African, Australia and Ambassadors designate of Switzerland, Spain and Venezuela have on Tuesday 15th June 2021 presented their letters of credence to President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Reverend Dr. Sahr Yambasu, 63, a native of Sierra Leone recently took over the role of president at one of Ireland’s main churches, the Methodist Church, succeeding Rev Tom McKnight after a ceremony in south Belfast on Wednesday, June 9th, 2021. He is the first Black to have ever held the position.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Fire victims at the Susan’s Bay Community have called on the government of Sierra Leone to help them with a proper housing system to protect them from the colds of the heavy rains that have already begun.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The National Tourism Board has on the 11th June 2021 ended a stakeholder’s engagement in the eastern region in a bid to identify potential tourism attraction sites within the region.
The engagement brought together owners of hotels, guest houses, restaurants, and entertainment centers. Commercial bike riders, drivers, petty traders, and artists were also in attendance.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
A 28-year-old woman who went for seven years with forceps (scissors-like instrument) left in her abdomen after a caesarean surgery is to undergo another operation to have them removed.
The discovery was made at the Kambia Government hospital. The woman Zainab Kamara has since the surgery been having difficulties moving her right leg and has endured persistent bleeding which has brought her discomfort and stigmatization among her peers.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Adama Sillah, a third year law student at Fourah Bay College has been elected Students Union (SU) President making her the first female to hold that position in the institution’s 194 year history. She beat the other five contenders in the rerun election that was held on Friday 11 June 2021, her closest challenger being another female law student Fatmata Binta-Jalloh.
The first polling on Wednesday 2nd June 2021 was nullified after widespread violence within the campus and allegations of electoral fraud.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Saudi Arabia has in a press statement announced restriction of the registration for the 2021 pilgrimage to only citizens and residents of the Kingdom due to the coronavirus pandemic that continues to ravage the world.
This latest announcement according to report from Sierra Leone’s Information attaché in Saudi Arabia, Abubakarr Bah, supersedes the previous Hajj release that was issued in early May this year.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
