By Nasratu Kargbo
Within ten months an estimated one thousand one hundred and seventy-three (1,173) hectares of land have been deforested in the country’s Western Area Peninsular National Park, according to Haja Kaday Sesay from Climate Change, Environment and Forest Conservation Consortium (CEFCON-SL).
By Mabinty M. Kamara
As part of what they described as priority recommendations, the European Union-Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone has called on the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to publish results data by polling station, including results per candidate and per party, the number of registered voters and of valid and invalid votes, in a timely manner and in an easily trackable and downloadable database format in future elections.
By Saio Marrah
Alpha Barrie, the regional manager of Rokel Commercial Bank in the south has testified in court that the first accused, Mohamed Arafat S. Munda in a preliminary investigation into a case of fraud involving his institution, confessed to tampering with the account of a deceased customer but that he was not alone.
By Saio Marrah
Detective Constable Osman Mohamed Bangura, a prosecution witness in a case in which a man is accused of conspiracy to commit a felony and being an accessory to the fact has denied asking for a bribe of NLe 15, 000.00 from the accused to keep him out of a cell. The police witness was under cross-examination by Lawyer Sylvanus Kanyako at Pademba Road Magistrate’s Court in Freetown on Monday 9th October 2023.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) on Monday 9th October 2023, for the development of a Volunteering Policy that will guide the service in Sierra Leone.
VSO’s Programme Manager, Isha Bangura in her statement at the event, said the policy development process was very timely, noting that the issue of volunteerism has existed for far too long without structures.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
As part of their key deliverables for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to complete investigations of at least 50% of cases reported to the institution, according to Deputy Commissioner, Augustine Foday Ngobie at the ongoing FY2024 Policy Hearing and Bilateral Budget discussions at the Ministry of Finance in Freetown.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In highlighting the key challenges faced in the Fiscal Year 2023, the Cabinet Secretariat has expressed concern over the unavailability of Officers for the signing of their performance contract and the appraisals within the stipulated time.
This was contained in the Secretariat’s presentation during bilateral budget discussions for FY 2023 at the Ministry of Finance, Freetown on the 9th of October 2023.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
