By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
The Director General of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) Abu Bakarr Kamara has informed journalists at a news conference in Freetown that EDSA is beset with huge losses as a result of illegal abstraction of electricity and vandalism on their power outlets in various parts of the country.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recovered public resources in the total sum of Le2,036,665,607.6 (Two billion, thirty-six million, six hundred and sixty-five thousand, six hundred and seven Old Leones and six cents) that were unaccounted for in the Auditor General’s Report of 2021 by various Ministries Departments and Agencies.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Former Mayor of Freetown Municipality Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has announced that she will be running for the same position in the June 2023 election putting an end to suspicions over her bid to serve as the running-mate for the All Peoples Congress presidential hopeful Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara.
Aki-Sawyerr made this revelation on the 8th of March 2023, marking International Women’s Day, saying “On this International Women’s day, I am pleased to announce that I am running for reelection as the Mayor of Freetown”.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Representatives from four political parties, the All Peoples Congress (APC) party, Coalition for Change (C4C), National Grand Coalition (NGC), and the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have signed a communiqué against the use of obscenities, vulgarities and hate speech whilst carrying their activities.
The communiqué was signed at a dialogue lunch convened by the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) on the 6th March 2023 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
President Julius Maada Bio has called on partners from the Global North and South to support the Least Developed Countries' (LDCs) quest for structural transformation by promoting Infrastructure development, technology transfer, and foreign investment.
He made the call at the high-level thematic Round Table 3 on structural transformation in LDCs in Doha, Qatar on the 6th March, 2023.
By Politico Staff Writer
The trial of Dr. Samura Kamara, presidential candidate of the opposition APC has been postponed to the 27th of March 2023. The trial was due to resume on the 17th but judicial sources told Politico that the postponement has been caused by the fact that the US embassy needs time to process visas for lawyers on both sides and court officials to visit the Sierra Leone Chancery Building site in New York which is at the center of the case.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
