By Nasratu Kargbo
Fifteen persons have been killed in a spate of disasters caused by heavy rainstorms across the country since the start of the week.
The death toll was contained in a press release by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) dated 10th May 2023.
By Nasratu Kargbo
President of the ECOWAS Commission Omar Alieu Touray has assured of his organization’s support to help Sierra Leone and six other countries that are most affected by food insecurity.
Touray made this commitment on behalf of ECOWAS on the 10th of May 2023 at ECOWAS parliament’s first ordinary session 2023. He explained that they will mobilize resources to finance projects to help support Sierra Leone.
By Alpha Abu
In its continued offering of State Land on Lease to Sierra Leoneans, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning has held another Raffle Draw for members of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bike (Okada) Riders Association and the Union of Rickshaw (Kekeh) Riders in which 1,000 winners emerged.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has ended a two-day training for fact checkers in the implementation of the Countering Disinformation and Hate Speech project during and after the June 24 2023 elections.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Due to the heavy downpour of rain in the early hours of Wednesday 10th May 2023, a woman with a nine-month-old pregnancy, Marie Kamara died after a nearby concrete fence collapsed, bringing down her house and nearby houses in the Bankole community at Clinetown, close to Queen Elizabeth II Quay (Water Quay).
Four others were said to have also perished under the rubble that fateful day according to residents.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The National Secretary-General of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Lansana Dumbuya has called on the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) to redo the voter Identity Cards. He made this call on the 11th of May 2023 at their party office in Freetown.
Dumbuya stated that the faces on the ID cards are smudged and that one can be hardly recognized, he said.
By Alpha Abu
The Provisional Nomination Process of Presidential Candidates and Running Mates for 13 Political Parties has ended at the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) headquarters in Freetown with the election body approving all 13 aspirants and their running mates.
The final day of the nomination exercise yesterday saw the only female Presidential candidate in this year’s polls Madam Iye Kakay of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) given provisional approval by ECSL. Her running mate is Ambrose Franklyn Kobi.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
