By Prince J. Musa in Kenema
Residents of Normo Chiefdom in the eastern Kenema district earlier this month celebrated the inauguration of the first ever health center in their chiefdom.
The thirty-bed capacity mini hospital is located in Faama, one of about seven communities in the chiefdom. The facility was constructed with funding from the Norwegian humanitarian group Harald Splass Diacon.
By Kemo Cham
Ahead of the introduction of a Rubella vaccine in its national routine immunization program, Sierra Leone is due to commence a nationwide campaign to raise awareness and increase the chance of acceptance by the public.
The Rubella vaccine will be introduced in an integrated form with measles vaccines.
The Measles-Rubella Vaccine is a two in one vaccine used to vaccinate children from 0 to under 15 years against Measles and Rubella diseases. The two child diseases share similar features.
By Steven Ngaujah in Kono
It has just emerged that 15 children – 12 boys and 3 girls – have been involved in a gruesome road accident in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kono District while travelling to a neighbouring community to write this year’s National Primary School Examination (NPSE).
The incident, which happened on Friday, led to the amputation of the leg of a teacher who was accompanying the pupils. Several of the pupils sustained injuries.
By Umaru Fofana
Sierra Leone’s former president, Ernest Bai Koroma has rejected the “abrupt transfer and replacement” of his state security details. This affects personnel stationed at his residence in Freetown, his home town of Makeni and his wife’s home town in Kono, according to his spokesman.
The United States has resumed training aimed at preparing the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) for international peacekeeping. The first in a series of courses started on Wednesday at the U.S. Peacekeeping Logistics Depot in Murray Town, Freetown.
A press release from the US embassy says the month-long course will train the troops for sustainable peacekeeping operations and vehicle maintenance.
The country had been contributing to UN peacekeeping until the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
By Umaru Fofana
A little over a year since his election, Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio has carried out his first major major reshuffle.
Three ministers have been axed while many others have been transferred to other ministries.
Two new deputies have been brought in while others have been moved.
By Umaru Fofana
Sierra Leone’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Dr Allie Kabbah says the issue over the disputed border town of Yenga has been resolved.
Yenga was an undisputed part of Kailahun District before the rebel war of the 1990s, but Guinea laid claims to it after its troops who’d been deployed to help deal with the war in Sierra Leone, refused to leave.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
