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Africa CDC convenes stakeholders meeting to mobilize support for Sierra Leone’s Mental Health Bill

September 16, 2025

Campaigners renew call for action amid persistent drug crisis in Sierra Leone

September 12, 2025

ELFIC2025: ECOWAS Health Ministers commit to advancing Lassa fever vaccine

September 9, 2025

2nd Lassa fever International Conference opens in Abidjan with calls for regional collaboration

September 9, 2025

Mpox: Concerns over high fatality among people living with HIV in Sierra Leone

September 7, 2025

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ManoReporters Editor clinches top prize for Inclusive Journalism Award

July 3, 2024

By Cheryl Alafia Thomas ManoReporters’ Editor, Kemo Cham emerged winner of the top prize at the 2nd edition of the...

Senior police officer detained over death of boy for gambling

by Brima Sannoh in Pujehun

July 2, 2024

By Brima Sannoh A senior police officer, Detective Sub-Inspector Steven C.M. Gomeh, has been arrested and detained at the southern...

Dr. Sandra Lako, Mercy Ships Country Director, Sierra Leone. Image, Mohamed Sahr, ManoReporters.

Mercy Ships conducted over 1,700 surgeries in 10 months

July 2, 2024

By Mohamed Sahr Mercy Ships conducted a total of 1,728 surgeries during its latest mission to Sierra Leone, the charity...

Christopher Peters, Officer-In-Charge of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), blame Sierra Leone and Guinea for influx of drugs into Liberia. Image, Front Page Africa.

Liberia blames Guinea, Sierra Leone for fueling its drug crisis

June 22, 2024

By Kemo Cham Drugs from Guinea, which passes through Sierra Leone’s porous borders, are fuelling Liberia’s drug crisis, the head...

Koinadugu: Health workers defy obstacles to take lifesaving polio vaccines to hard-to-reach communities

June 19, 2024

By Kemo Cham In Kamayimbo Village, about 17 miles outside Kalaba, the headquarters of Koinadugu District, Nurse Yegbe Thoronka and...

Officials turn on the power after the completion of a mini-grid in Borup community in Port Loko District.. Image, SEforAll.

Sierra Leone: First Universal Energy Facility-funded mini-grid commissioned

June 19, 2024

By Kemo Cham The small town of Borup in the Port Loko district has become the first in Sierra Leone...

Staff and students of Koinadugu College, including its founder and Principal, Dr Alhaji Umar Njai, pose with community volunteers after a tree planting exercise within the college campus in Kabala, district headquarters of Koinadugu, on Saturday, June 16, 2024. Photo credit, Patricia Conteh, Koinadugu College.

Koinadugu College calls for more tree planting during annual tree planting exercise

June 17, 2024

By Patricia Conteh The Founder and Principal of Koinadugu College (KC), Dr Alhaji U. Njai, has urged residents within Koinadugu...

A sample of Kush confiscated by the Sierra Leone Police. Image, Sierra Leone Police

Kush may contain potentially more harmful chemical than initially thought – Report

June 14, 2024

By Kemo Cham A study to identify the composition of Kush, the synthetic drug at the center of the ongoing...

World Bank Team Reviews Progress of $40 Million Accountable Governance Project

June 10, 2024

Press Release A Mid-Term Review Mission for the Accountable Governance for Basic Service Delivery Project (AGBSDP), a World Bank funded...

Officials speak to the press in a conference room of the EOC. Photo credit, Morrie Koroma, ManoReporters

Sierra Leone: Polio vaccination campaign round two targets 1.5 million children nationwide