By Bai-Bai Sesay – The National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS) in collaboration with UN Agencies and Development partners will this year commemorate World AIDS Day on 1st December with the theme “Universal Access and Human Rights” targeting 43,500 people for free HIV/AIDS testing and drugs supply. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday at the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat, Director of NAS Dr. Brima Kargbo said as winners of the MDG award, they are specifically targeting the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic; noting that they have drastically reduced the spread of the virus in the country. Dr. Kargbo disclosed that pregnant women will gain access... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 26th 2010 |
By Bai Bai Sesay – The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and the Sierra Leone Police will be holding an ongoing Joint Training to enhance cooperation and collaboration between them as well as other security agencies and to also improve on their professionalism in delivering security for the state and its people, according to a public notice issued over the weekend. 3,110 personnel of the two primary forces have already been trained in the Western Area and 560 in Lungi. The next leg of Joint Training will take place in Kenema for the Eastern Province from 23rd -26th November,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Bai Bai Sesay – In a press release issued this week, Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra Leone (SDI) strongly, and unreservedly, condemns the political violence which occurred in the city of Koidu, in Kono District on the 12th and 13th November 2010. On the evening of 12 November, with the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) supporters and aspirant flagbearers in Koidu as part of the SLPP flagbearership national tour, the SLPP office was attacked with buckets of human excrement intended to disrupt proceedings in the most offensive of manner. Eye-witness reports suggest as many as 50 youths as the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Bai Bai Sesay – Former soldier in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces over the weekend apologized to the people of Kono district for what happened during the war years. Mohamed Savage,alias,Col. Savage, former commander of the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council(AFRC)in Kono said he regretted joining the Army as at the end of the day he did not realize anything positive. He was testifying at a bon fire ceremony facilitated by Fambul Tok,a community reconciliation programme Savage said he joined the Army to protect lives and property adding that after a long spell he was accused of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Bai-Bai Sesay – Director of Bunce Island Coalition, Professor Joseph Opala, has said the coalition with pledges of five million dollar will soon start the project for the historical rehabilitation and preservation of the BunceIsland in the country. He made this statement on Thursday 11th November 2010 at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in Freetown. In his statement, Professor Opala said the aim of the project is to showcase the important of the Sierra Leonean culture, noting that this will help foreign visitors to know the history of BunceIsland. He said BunceIsland is a slave castle built in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 19th 2010 |
