By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In order to ensure that journalists report issues effectively without having injuries whilst on the field, the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) has trained media practitioners on safety policies and practices in Media Houses in the country ahead of the multitier elections.
The event was held in Freetown on the 19th May, 2023.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) is set to implement the law on taxation of digital services including Nigeria’s DSTV as legislated in the 2022 Finance Act according to Dr Philip Michael Kargbo, Director of Monitoring, Research and Planning NRA.
Speaking at a training organized by Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) on Public Financial Management for journalists, Kargbo said in as much as the law has been legislated, the implementation has been a challenge due to lack of the required capacity and data.
By Politico staff writer
A schoolboy is to appear in court today over the killing of his teacher in Freetown. Usual reliable sources say after weeks of investigations, Aroun Conteh has finally been charged with murder of 68-year-old Gilis Edwin Ola Johnson.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
As part of helping urban cities in the management of waste, German NGO Welt Hunger Hlife (WHH) with support from BMZ on the 17th May, 2023 conducted training on Waste Management for staff of Kenema City Council, representatives of Small and Medium Enterprises ( SMEs) and youths groups in Kenema.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Out of a total of 1,200 (one thousand, two hundred) slots allocated to the Government of Sierra Leone for this year’s Hajj, only 640 (six hundred and forty) which is about 65% of the quota of intending pilgrims are set to attend Hajj in the Holy land of Mecca.
The aforementioned number of intending pilgrims includes those without fault that are paying for themselves, Government assistance or scholarships, and the 129 (one hundred and twenty-nine) pilgrims that did not attend last year’s Hajj due to unforeseen circumstances.
By Alpha Abu
Leaders of Political Parties taking part in the 24th June Elections are to make a Pledge of Peace, a week before polling, according to the Executive Secretary of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion.
Madam Hawa Samai told a National Security Sector Coordinating Group meeting in Makeni that the prepared pledge would see the politicians committing themselves to accept the results of the elections.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
With barely five weeks to the Sierra Leone Multi-tier elections slated for 24th June this year, the Country’s main opposition party the All Peoples Congress (APC) has been taken to court again by two of its senior member members who filed a petition to the Supreme Court against the Party’s presidential candidate Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara Ph.D.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
