Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has reimposed a month-long nationwide curfew as part of new measures aimed at curbing rising Covid-19 cases. The country is grappling with a third wave, which the government says has seen both infections and fatalities rise exponentially.
Other measures include:
The UK delivered this statement on Sierra Leone at the 38th Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR), in May 2021, sharing recommendations to improve their human rights record.
The United Kingdom recognises Sierra Leone’s progress on human rights issues since its 2016 review, most notably in the field of media freedom. We call on Sierra Leone to ensure these principles of freedom of expression
We are very pleased to have connected Holy Spirit Hospital in Makeni to the UK charity Inter Care, who provide valuable medical aid to Africa. The photo shows the third shipping container from Inter Care UK arriving safely in Makeni. The contents are worth £150,000 and are 100% donated! Dr Patrick Turay, lead Doctor at the Holy Spirit Hospital will distribute the health care goods to 4 hospitals,
The latest figures from the World Health Organisation
The UK Government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) publishes this economic factsheet which summarises key economic data for Sierra Leone on just 2 pages. It offers a snapshot of economic data under headings such as trade/investment, economic development and government finance.
Makeni Trust Fund is very pleased to hear of the success of one of the UNIMAK students that we have sponsored. In November 2020 Rebecca Gibateh (pictured right) wrote:
“It was your support that has ensured I get this far and can boast of being a graduate a few months from now. We were away from lectures due to the intensiveness of the covid 19, but thanks to God we finally came back
