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By Kemo Cham Mariatu Kamara is adjusting to the difficult life of a stay home mum. The 32-year-old mother of...

The main food market in Pujehun Town, located on Kaikai Street. For many people in this district, what used to be routine shopping has become a daily negotiation for survival. Image, Brima Sannoh, ManoReporters.

Sierra Leone: Rising Prices of Basic Commodities Forces Families to Cut Back on Staples

April 30, 2026

By Brima Sannoh By sunrise in Pujehun’s busy local markets, the tension is already visible. Buyers clutch small amounts of...

A long queue of buckets at the only clean and safe drinking water source in Benga Village, Kpanga Chiefdom, Pujehun District. During the dry season, residents of some communities in Pujehun resort to unsafe alternatives, including unprotected wells. Image, Brima Sannoh, ManoReporters.

In Pujehun, Water Scarcity Causes Tension Among Neighbours and Communities

April 30, 2026

By Brima Sannoh In the quiet farming village of Benga in Kpanga Chiefdom, just two and a half miles from...

Dr Landry Dongmo Tsague, Director of Africa CDC’s Center for Primary Health Care, said reports of the potential increase the cost of condom should serve as a wakeup call for African leaders on the need for the continent to pursue its local production of health commodities, which is one of top five priorities of the current leadership of the Africa CDC led by Directed General Dr Jean Kaseya. Image, Screengrab, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Looming global Condom Crisis is wakeup call for African leaders – Africa CDC official

April 30, 2026

By Kemo Cham The looming condom crisis poses a significant threat to Africa’s response to the HIV pandemic and points...

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said this moment is not about rhetoric and it is about responsibility. Image, https://concordia.net/

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Chair African Committee for Global Health Architecture Reform

April 29, 2026

By Kemo Cham Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been named as chair of a High-Level Committee instituted by...

Sierra Leonean United Nations diplomat Zainab Hawa Bangura argues that strong health systems are inseparable from the United Nations foundational principles of sustainable development, peace, and human dignity. Image, Patricia Conteh.

World Health Summit: Zainab Hawa Bangura Calls for African Leaders to Prioritise Health

By Patricia Conteh in Nairobi The three-day summit, which runs April 27-29, 2026, is recognized as a leading global platform...

The newly inaugurated 25-kilometre Bandajuma–Pujehun highway includes a modern two-lane bridge – the Makibie River Bridge – and it marks a major improvement in transport connectivity within Pujehun District. Image, Brima Sannoh, ManoReporters.

Pujehun: Bio Inaugurates Bandajuma–Pujehun Road, Commissions Construction of New Road

By Brima Sannoh President Julius Maada Bio said the road and bridge inaugurated were about restoring dignity and ensuring that...

World Health Summit Regional Meeting Opens in Nairobi

By Kemo Cham The World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026 commenced in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday with high-level...

These men and women now designated as ‘Ambassadors of Positive Change’, graduated from the Daru Rehabilitation Centre on Sunday April 26th, 2026. Image, National Public Health Agency.

Kailahun: Nearly 50 Youths Graduate from Drug Rehabilitation Center

By Kemo Cham According to the Taskforce, Sunday’s development brings the cumulative national total of people who have been rehabilitated...

Chief Minister Dr. David Moinena Sengeh spoke on behalf of Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio in the official opening session of the five-day event, telling the West African Health Ministers that citizens of the sub region expect results rather than explanations. Image, MOH Communication Unit.

“Governments must deliver on promises to our people” – Dr Sengeh tells ECOWAS Health Ministers

April 26, 2026