Feature

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Street begging is a persistent social issue that has plagued Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. With its diverse population and a history of economic challenges, Freetown has become a hub for individuals engaged in begging as a means of survival.

This article aims to shed light on the causes and consequences of street begging in Freetown, while exploring potential strategies to address this pressing concern.

Causes of street begging

By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leoneans across the country came out in their large numbers on Saturday, June 24, 2023, and participated in the sixth general multi-tier elections in a peaceful atmosphere.

By Chernor Bah

By Edna Ngegba

Though it continues to pose a threat to the wellbeing of women and girls across the world, the fight against cervical cancer in Sierra Leone remains a challenge due to many factors including the lack of knowledge, late diagnoses and preventive mechanisms. 

Cervical cancer according to the country’s health officials is the second most common cancer in women and girls between the ages of 15 – 45 in the West African country with an estimated population of eight million, with women accounting for fifty per cent of that population.

By Kemo Cham in Cape Town 

Even though there has been progress in reducing the number of maternal deaths worldwide in recent years, the gains are not enough to meet the global United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets, Koki Agarwal, an expert in reproductive health policy, has warned.

By Berns Komba Lebbie

Dear ‘Mama Salone’,

Today is the 27^th April, 2023. Sixty-two years exact, it could be recalled that, on this day in 1961, few of your politically hungry children chose to ask for a hand on the wheel of leadership from the white-man. It has been 62 years on since then, and the rest is part of the ‘told’ and ‘untold’ stories.

By Mohamed Berray