Anti-Corruption Commission’s northern regional office has met in Makeni with staff of the country’s water company for the provinces, SALWACO, to look into and educate them on the potential of corruption in service delivery.
Pastors urged to preach against corruption
Some 82 Pastors and wives of the Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone have ended their annual national retreat in Lunsar during which David Kanekey Conteh, public education officer of ACC north, called for a total crusade.
SMHL Signs Mining Lease Agreement
At a ceremony held at the Ministry of Mines & Mineral Resources, Sierra Minerals Holding Limited (SMHL) recently signed their updated Mining Lease Agreement (MLA) with the Government of Sierra Leone. The updated MLA brings SMHL up to date with the latest legislation in the mining and minerals field in Sierra Leone.
During the meeting the Minister highlighted that the signing ceremony is a clear indication of the government’s support for the business sector, stressing the need for SMHL’s cooperation in meeting its corporate social responsibilities.
Slum environment worsens spread of cholera in Freetown
Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is currently struggling to contain a cholera outbreak, which has affected over 1500 people and claimed at least 17 lives in the city. MSF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is already running three cholera treatment units in the city, and has treated over 500 patients. The number of people infected is escalating each day, and MSF aims to have two additional treatment facilities up and running in the next 10 days.
Le 100 Mn for President of Sierra Leone – opposition condemns it
National Electoral Commission says it will charge all presidential candidates in the forthcoming election Le 100 million as nomination fee, up from Le 1 million in 2007, while parliamentary candidates will be required to pay Le 25 million up from Le 250,000.
Lunsar blasts London Mining Company in Sierra Leone
Hundreds of residents of Lunsar town in the northern Port Loko district have blasted the iron ore miner, London Mining Company. They vented out their palpable feeling of anger at a 2-hour long debate organised by the BBC Media Action for community people, their leaders and mining companies, to discuss the benefits of minerals in their locality.
Less than twenty people said the minerals in their area had been of any benefit to them. Hundreds of others said they had had no benefit whatsoever from the ore their chiefdom is endowed with.
