News

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Four Army Majors and a woman who were declared "Wanted" by Government for their alleged involvement in the 26th November 2023  failed coup attempt have been detained by the authorities in Conakry for extradition to Sierra Leone.

News of the arrests came in a Press Release from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education last evening following what the release says was a joint operation by Guinean and Sierra Leonean security forces.

By Nasratu Kargbo

With the high prevalence of filth in Freetown, members of Parliament have emphasized the need for Freetown City Council’s (FCC) bye-laws to be strengthened in order to keep the city clean.

The MPs made this call during an engagement between members of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development in Parliament and personnel from the council. They stressed that sanitation in the city is very poor and that strong laws will go a long way in helping reduce rubbish in the municipality.  

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Executive of the Bike Riders Union (BRU), Government officials, and officers from the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority have discussed strategies related to Conflict Prevention and Frontline Negotiations.

The event which was hosted by UNDP at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown on the 14^th of June, 2024 is part of the Youth Bike Riders’ Peace Building Funded (PBF) project.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Following investigations done by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, the Gento Group of Companies has been exonerated of accusation in the Auditor General’s Report that it received double payments.

The committee on the 11th June 2024 found that there was a typographical error in the information given to the auditors by the Deputy Director of Finance at the Ministry of Finance Kemokai Fatorma who was then asked to apologize.   

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Moyamba  

Farmers in Moyamba district, Southern Sierra Leone have commended the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency and its partners for timely information on the weather conditions to ensure effective planting and improved crop yields.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Following months of investigation, the Anti-Corruption Commission has referred the case of suspended Clerk of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Umar Paran Tarawally’s to President Julius Maada Bio for ‘appropriate administrative action’.

By Saio Marrah

Research conducted by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) between 14 and 17 June this year, has indicated that political tensions in Sierra Leone have led to an increase in hypertension and other related diseases.

The mixed method research according to the researchers was conducted by surveying of 1,000 Sierra Leoneans from all five provincial headquarters on the current political climate and its potential effects on the respondents’ wellbeing.