By Politico staff writer
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 67 (sixty seven) journalists have been killed so far in 2022 which is a spike in the number of journalists killed or imprisoned this year alone.
IFJ in a press release dated 10th December this year renewed its call on the international community to take concrete action to protect the safety and freedom of journalists around the world.
By Saio Marrah
The Macpherson Foundation has donated food items and other basic commodities to the Monahin Orphanage home of disabled children at Grafton over the weekend.
The items donated include rice, cooking oil, Cartons of Tomatoe paste, onion, candies, and other basic things like diapers.
A representative of the foundation, Simeonette Pontis, said they decided to donate those specific items because of the home needs expressed by the care taker during their previous engagement.
By Alpha Abu
Visiting President of Namibia, Dr. Hage Gottfried Geingob has reminisced moments of his country’s struggle for independence during which time Sierra Leone became a haven and centre of learning for a good number of his compatriots, two of whom are today Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the Southern African nation.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Findings from the Afrobarometer survey have shown that fewer Sierra Leonean women have tertiary education than their male counterparts.
The report which was released on the 8th December 2022 stated that “Women are less likely than men to have post-secondary education and more likely to have no formal schooling”.
By Saio Marrah
The South Korean Red Cross Society has donated five vehicles to the Maada and Fatima Bio Foundation to facilitate the work of the hands-off our girls’ campaign – a campaign coordinated by the First Lady with a focus on the growth and development girls.
The Hyundai Santa Cruz Vehicles were handed over by the South Korea’s newly appointed Honorary Consul in Sierra Leone, Mahesh C. Nandwani to First Lady, Fatima Bio, at her office in Freetown on Thursday 8th December, 2022.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
Rainbo Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organization in Sierra Leone recently organized sixteen days of activism to educate people on the ills of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country.
“What were you wearing exhibition” climaxed the series of events, depicting the clothes women and girls were wearing at the time they were sexually assaulted, to indicate that provocative attire was not a factor.
By Politico Staff Writer
Students representing different universities in Sierra Leone have earned international awards for developing innovative technology application in healthcare and agricultural solution at the 2022 UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon.
The students got their prizes after participating in the 36-hour non-stop Hackathon in Delhi, India held from 22nd -25th November, this year.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
