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By Amjata Bayoh

Almost 26 years since Sierra Leone’s male National football team participated in the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON), the dream of this football-crazy nation finally became a reality after the Leone Stars beat Benin by a lone goal in Conakry back in June 2021.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 0.06% and 0.09% increase in total infections and recoveries respectively over the week, from November 14-21.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Many parts of the world experienced a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the week, November 7-14, 2021.

We can become what we say,

When believe the truth of what we say,

And practice what we say with discipline.

Let us therefore be careful

To say, believe and practice

Only that which edifies all.

Sierra Leoneans always were,

Still are,

Must always be,

And will hopefully always remain ,

Sincere and sober,

Industrious with integrity,

Enthusiastic and empathetic,

As sunlight wanes from the sky,

I see thick black flames billow from across the street. 

While I struggle for air,

I trample upon my fallen brothers 

Whom I barely recognize. 

I see them covered in ruins, 

with bodies as though they died naked 

And at a place similar to an inferno;

Roasting everything away from them,

Their survival 

Their dreams

Their prospects; 

Everything.

Indeed, I’ve seen many sorrows

By Kemo Cham and Rachel Williams

Dr Tom Sesay is the Programme Manager of Child Health and the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS). He is also the Vaccination Pillar Lead at the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC).

In this interview, he talks to the Kombra TV on Sierra Leone’s efforts to increase uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, misconceptions that have held back these efforts and the authorities’ approach in beating these obstacles and ensuring access.

        Simple words may wound or soothen,

        Much depending on their use;

        They estrange as well as sadden

        When their use becomes abuse.

        Air may be compared to verbiage

        Both in quality and mass;

        Furious air will scatter foliage

        Thoughtless words good friends disperse.

        Temperate words tend to ennoble,

        Comfort, quicken and console.

        When like viands on the table