By: Sylvester Alhaji Massaquoi
Health Alert Sierra Leone, a local Civil Society Organization has ended a day’s engagement with stakeholders in Pujehun District on emergency response and health preparedness on COVID-19 and other epidemics.
The meeting according to the Project Manager of Health Alert Sierra Leone, David Alieu, was in line with the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal Child Health and Nutrition Networks and targeted key stakeholders in the various sectors.
By Alpha Abu
Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been invited by the Sierra Leone Police for questioning concerning what State Authorities say was an attempted coup that was hatched by a group that comprises former and serving security personnel and some civilians.
By Sorie Ibarahim Fofanah
The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah has read out the names of Sierra Leone Armed Forces officers whom he said were the planners of the November 26th attempted coup.
Bah made this statement at the government’s weekly press briefing on 5th December 2023, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conference room, Tower Hill, Freetown.
By Nasratu Kargbo
In her first official outing after the November 26th, 2023 ‘attempted coup’, Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has urged Sierra Leoneans to prioritize the country and stay united.
“Please let us put our nation first; let us understand that there is no other Sierra Leone but this one” the First Lady said. She made this statement at a knowledge-sharing event organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the 5th of December 2023.
By Sorie Ibrahim fofanah
In a nationwide address on 2nd December 2023, President Julius Maada Bio expressed his government’s determination to deal with what he said was an attempted coup. The President was speaking after a spate of armed attacks rocked parts of Freetown in the early hours of Sunday 26th November.
By Alpha Abu
President Julius Maada Bio has told mourners at an interfaith funeral for 18 security personnel killed during the November 26 attacks in Freetown that their deaths will not go in vain.
The President told hundreds of grieving family members at the country’s military headquarters-Cockrill in Freetown, Wednesday that ‘’your pain is our pain’’ and that ‘’your quest for justice is our mission today’’. He said the time for silence is over and his government’s “pursuit for justice will be tireless and unyielding’’.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has urged the European Union to enable the country to send its products directly to European markets, and not through other countries.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
