Lagoonda Resort, Aberdeen, Freetown, June 25th 2025 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS), has concluded a three-day Emergency Preparedness Workshop in Freetown. The training, which ran from 23 to 25 June at Lagoonda Resort, brought together key disaster...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, June 23rd 2025 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), with support from GOAL Sierra Leone, organized a capacity-building training for its community volunteers at the NDMA headquarters in Freetown. The volunteers were drawn from several disaster-prone communities across the capital. Welcoming the participants, NDMA’s Director of Communications, Mohamed L. Bah,...Read More

Freetown, Monday, June 23rd, 2025 – a senior World Bank delegation has concluded a week-long working mission to Sierra Leone, held from Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20, 2025. The visit was coordinated through the World Bank Country Office in Freetown. The team assessed the status of ongoing projects and monitor progress on key...Read More

Freetown, Monday, 16th June 2025 – In a bid to strengthen local disaster management, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has completed the establishment and training of Chiefdom Disaster Management Committees (CDMCs) across 16 chiefdoms in Kono and Tonkolili Districts. The initiative is enshrined in Part...Read More

Pentagon Community, Freetown, 1st June, 2025 – At around 2:00 PM today, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) received a distress alert about the collapse of a three-storey building under construction at Pentagon, Off Regent Road, Lumley, Freetown.The NDMA response team was deployed to the scene and commenced search and rescue operations. Preliminary findings revealed...Read More

Abuja, Nigeria – May 7, 2025 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) is currently participating in a three-day ECOWAS Regional Workshop on Baseline Data and Analysis for Humanitarian Needs and Response, which commenced today, May 7, and will run through May 9, 2025.Organized by the Directorate of Humanitarian Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, the...Read More

Kpetema Village, Bo District, 6th May 2025 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has extended critical relief support to victims of a devastating fire incident that occurred on 14th March 2025 in Kpetema Village, Bumpe Chiefdom, Bo District. The fire, which reportedly originated from farm-burning activities about 1,500 meters away from the village, destroyed...Read More

Freetown, April 22, 2025 – Following reports of a devastating windstorm that struck the Nixon Methodist Hospital on April 19, 2025, in Segbwema, Kailahun District, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has conducted an initial assessment of the damage sustained by critical infrastructure providing both healthcare services and nursing education. The hospital, which also hosts...Read More

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The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has confirmed a tragic building collapse at Cemetery Junction, Congress Road, on the evening of Saturday, March 29, 2025. The incident, which occurred at approximately 6:15 PM at No. 4 Congress Road, involved a one-storey structure housing a daycare on the upper floor and a residential dwelling below. At...Read More