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On Saturday 13th July, as part of their intervention in the area of addressing teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, domestic and sexual violence on women in the country, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The House of Parliament has ratified a-USD 16, 000, 000 (16 million United States Dollar) World Bank grant for the improvement of electricity infrastructure in the east end of Freetown. The Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Momodu Kargbo, prior to the approval of the grant yesterday, said it is geared towards the sustenance […]

Local communities in Sierra Leone are being encouraged to rate their clinics and demand more from their healthcare services in a bid to cut the country’s high maternal mortality rates. The riskiest thing a woman can do in Sierra Leone is get pregnant; one in every 21 women is at risk of death in child birth. Maternal death rates […]

The Governor of the Central Bank of Sierra Leone has used his statutory powers to intervene in the crisis in the Banking industry. In what is an unprecedented move within the financial sector in Sierra Leone, Central bank Governor Sheku Sambadeen Sesay has swiftly moved to restore calm in the banking industry by appointing Mr […]

The National Security Coordinator (NSCOORD), Retired Brigadier Mustapha M.K. Dumbuya has said that gender equality within the security sector is a high priority for the security sector and therefore called on Women in Security Sector-Sierra Leone (WISS-SL) to capacitate and position themselves, in order to occupy strategic positions in the sector.  https://awoko.org/2013/07/10/sierra-leone-gender-equality-in-ssr-is-a-priority-ons-coordinator/

The Place is a 50-chalet luxury boutique resort, set in 15 acres of tropical gardens, on the unspoiled, pretty white sands of Tokeh Beach, Sierra Leone.  Lush, jungle-clad mountains sweep up behind the hotel, creating a truly magical setting. Located on Sierra Leone’s Western Peninsula, about 20 miles from the hustle and bustle of Freetown, […]

Adrian Bolt Lewis, who participated in the Big Brother Africa, the Chase, on Friday returned from South Africa, as he was evicted from the show last week Sunday. Adrian Bolt Lewis who is normally called ‘Bolt’ represented Sierra Leone in the big brother TV reality show together with Bassey.  https://awoko.org/2013/07/08/sierra-leone-bolt-back-home-from-big-brother/

President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday disclosed that the People’s Republic of China has made a grant of 250RMB to Sierra Leone for development projects.He said this while explaining to Journalists the goodies he brought home from China during his visit on 24th June to 1st July 2013. He recalled the 42 years bilateral relationship […]

The World Health Organisation recently trained the spotlight on gender-based violence, particularly in Africa, where almost half of all women will experience physical or sexual assault in their lifetime. For Princess Squire, a counsellor, and her sister, Annie Mafinda, a midwife, this will come as no surprise. They run a sexual assault clinic at a maternity hospital […]

The Deputy Coordinator of the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat, Nannette Thomas, has called on telecommunications authorities to consider liberalizing the country’s communications gateway as a step to clamp down on the spate of rampage SIM fraud against the country. She made this clarion call at a Committee hearing when officials of the National […]