The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
Ahead of the first ever 'Health Day' at a (...)
Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information minister.
President (...)
Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew after armed men broke into prisons, setting inmates free.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan has signed a number of General Cooperation Agreements and Memorandum of Understandings on political consultations with his counterparts from Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Rwanda during (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
Sierra Leoneans are set to vote in a general election following a tense campaign marred by violence.
On Wednesday, the main opposition party alleged that one of its supporters was shot dead by police, which the police have denied.
Supporters of both (...)
Sierra Leone is gearing up for crucial presidential elections on Saturday amid growing discontent and calls for change from its citizens.
This will be the fifth election since the end of the country's brutal civil war, which ended 21 years (...)
Five countries have been elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will join the premier body for maintaining (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has reduced the upper limit of the recruitment's costs from the Philippines to SR15,900 instead of SR17,288.
The MHRSD said that the new upper cost does not include the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa on the anniversary of his country's Freedom Day.
The King expressed his best felicitations and wished the president (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
HRH (...)
RIYADH — The Musaned platform under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has clarified that the wage of the domestic worker must be agreed between the worker (him/herself), the employer, and the recruitment (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Programmes for Distributing Copies of the Holy Quran, Dates, and Iftar in Guinea, Conakry, in the presence of Saudi Ambassador to Guinea and (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that Sierra Leone is the new international destination for the recruitment of domestic workers.
It said that the maximum recruitment fee from the country has been (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has revealed that the initiative to link the provision of insurance to labor contracts for hiring domestic workers will be activated soon.
This was disclosed by Saad Al-Hammad, (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Irqah Palace in Riyadh.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet reviewed the recent talks and discussions held (...)
The Saudi Cabinet approved on Tuesday the national policy to promote the equality of opportunities and treatment in employment and occupation in Saudi Arabia.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman, chaired the Cabinet's session held at (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Guinea and Sierra Leone Dr. Hussein Al-Dakhilallah has delivered the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's gift of 18,000 copies of the Holy Quran, from the publications of the King Fahd Complex (...)
UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone.
Following criminal proceedings over the death of a 21-year-old student who was subject to the (...)
The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria, even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow, satellite images show.
The arrival of the cargo ship Razoni in Syria comes after the government in (...)
The first shipment of over 26,000 tons of Ukrainian food under a Black Sea export deal has been cleared to proceed toward its final destination in Lebanon.
The first, eagerly-awaited commercial shipment of grain to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa (...)
The first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia.
The UN, EU, Ukraine and Russia have all welcomed the departure of the ship carrying Ukrainian grain from the southern port of Odesa, the first since Moscow's (...)