The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit 3,011, with 14 dead, according to new government data. All of the regions in the West African country have now registered cases, according to the latest health ministry figures released late Friday. The new figures were nearly 50 per cent rise in …

Fire broke out inside Sierra Leone’s presidential building in central Freetown Saturday, witnesses and the government said, but President Julius Maada Bio was not present. The fire broke out on the third and fourth floors of State House, and the president’s office on the second floor was untouched, said an information ministry statement. ‘Emergency teams are working diligently to ensure …

The Government of Sierra Leone has given awards to the last set of 10 Nigerian volunteers for carrying out their duties diligently. They were posted out under the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) programme in December 2021 for a two-year non-renewable volunteer service. The 10 volunteers cut across various professions. Receiving the volunteers on Wednesday, TAC’s Director General, Mr. Yusuf Yakub …

A nationwide curfew was declared yesterday by Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio after unidentified gunmen attacked military barracks in the West African nation’s capital, Freetown. This is as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) condemned the plot by some individuals to disturb the peace of the West African country. The condemnation is contained in a statement by …

The West African Elders’ Forum (WAEF) has deployed a pre-election fact-finding mission led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Sierra Leone, ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for June 2023. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Communications Officer of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), the host of WAEF, Wealth Ominabo said the fact-finding mission also had former President …

For the Super Eagles, the efforts to regain the confidence of their fans begin with having positive result against Sierra Leone on Thursday evening. Nigeria’s first match of the qualifiers for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) hold without fans at the MKO Stadium in Abuja. Angered by the team’s ouster from the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 25th …