News

By Septimus Senessie in Kono.

The chairman of the Human Rights Committee of Kono District (KDHRC) has called on the government to bring to justice seven Operational Support Division policemen for allegedly beating one Tamba Lebbie to coma in October.

Rev. Sahr Christian Fayah described as "brutal and reckless" the attack which is reported to have taken place in the presence of school children in their compound.

By Crispina Cummings

Parliament on Friday invoked Standing Order 75 (S.O. 75) by asking journalists not to cover the on-going parliamentary committee proceedings and to leave the meeting.

By Tilly Barrie

Director of Energy in the Ministry of Energy and Power has told a validation workshop for the ECOWAS energy access investment programme in Freetown that the government is planning to increase access to electricity across the country.

By Kenneth Thompson

Executive director, Health for All coalition, says his organisation is ever committed to ensuring accountability and transparency in Sierra Leone’s health sector as a way to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

Charles Mambu, after winning the “good practice programme monitoring award” told journalists in Freetown that he was grateful to UNFPA for acknowledging their work.

He said 22 countries were up for this year’s award but that his organisation emerged the winner for the west and central Africa regions.

Police on Thursday morning - 5 December - ran amok with protesting commercial transport drivers along the Lumley, Juba and Goderich areas, in the west of Freetown.

The riot left Operational Support Division (OSD) officer dead, according to police.

The protesters burned tyres and barricaded some areas including Femi Turner Driver, place of the private home of President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Peter Bayuku Conteh, TOurism Minister

By Bampia James Bundu

Minister of tourism and cultural affairs, Peter Bayuku Conteh has warned politicians against adversely using their political affiliations with ongoing development activities in the country.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi in Pujehun

World Vision Sierra Leone through its Gallinas Perri Area Development Program (ADP) has donated textbooks covering four core subject areas and sports items including footballs, trophies, school bells and football nets to 32 primary and two junior secondary schools in the chiefdom.

The acting ADP manager, Thomas Kpanabom said the books were on Mathematics, English, Social Studies and Integrated Science worth US$20,000 and cautioned beneficiary head teachers to take proper care of the items.