Freetown, 14th February 2022–The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) with support from the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), over the weekend conducted a pilot risk assessment and hazard profiling of four fuel stations (Leonco – Congo Cross, Total – Bus Halt, NP – Siaka Stevens Street and Malador – Dwazark Junction) in Freetown. The risk assessment...Read More

Nigerian Embassy, Hill Cut Junction, Freetown, February 8th 2022 – A team from the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) headed by the Deputy Director-General, John V. Rogers, paid a courtesy call on the Nigerian High Commissioner, Henry John Omaku to introduce the NDMA to the Embassy and explore possibilities of support and partnership between NDMA,...Read More

Plantain Island, Kagboro Chiefdom, Moyamba District, 3 February 2022 – Following concerns received by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) relating to serious erosion on Plantain Island, the NDMA through its Directorates of Risk Reduction and Preparedness, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation and Communications, in partnership with Climate Change Specialist, Paul Murphy-working with WFP visited the...Read More

During Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ambassador Adekunle King’s visit to the Director-General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Brima Sesay in June 2021, he intimated him about a case he had put forward to the African Union (AU) on behalf of the 2017 Mortemeh Mudslide Victims; to improve their living...Read More

In the morning hours of Saturday 4th September 2021, Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) received distress calls from residents of No. 14 Kissy Road in Freetown notifying the Agency about the collapse of a building that was predominantly used as a store and for business purposes. NDMA’s Director-General, Lit. Gen. (Rtd) Brima Sesay,...Read More

Chinese Embassy, Spur Loop, Freetown, 1st September 2021 — Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Lt. General (Rtd) Brima Sesay together with a cross section of staff of the NDMA, on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Chinese Ambassador Hu Zhangliang at his Spur Loop office in Freetown. Welcoming the NDMA delegation,...Read More

Pultney Street, Freetown, 27th August 2021 — His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio on Friday bequeathed King Jimmy (Belgium) fire victims with a cheque of Le10 million each to succour the devastating effect of the fire outbreak that ravaged their businesses and livelihoods on 5th March 2021. The incident was immediately reported to the National...Read More

Consequent to reports of a collapsed retaining wall that fell off one bed-room apartment beneath the wall and destroyed it completely at Owen Street on Sunday 22nd August 2021, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) discharged its Directorate of Risk Reduction and Preparedness to visit the scene and ascertain the actual cause of the collapse...Read More

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Sunday 15th August 2021 through its Directorates of Risk Reduction and Preparedness, and Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, visited Bololo Community (Back of Syke Street), to assess the magnitude of damage caused by a cracked building that was reported by NDMA community volunteers. According to the Director of Risk...Read More

Following occurrences of disasters mainly from windstorms in Kailahun District on the 9th and 10th June 2021, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Friday 6th August 2021 dispatched its Directorate of Response, headed by the Director Sinneh Mansaray, to the Eastern District in a bid to verify and assess the full extent of the...Read More