By Umaru Fofana
An internal document obtained by Politico shows that 31 people were killed during the violent antigovernment protests on 10 August in parts of Freetown and the north, up from the 27 that was earlier reported.
25 of them were civilians and six were policemen, with the youngest being nine years old and the oldest 67.
They are believed to be the highest police and civilian protest-related casualties in a single day in peacetime Sierra Leone. Four of the deaths were females.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Ahead of the official swearing-in and dispatching of 17 Peace Corps Volunteers, the American Ambassador to Sierra Leone has expressed joy that the volunteers have returned to the country to support the community with Health Care and Primary and Secondary Education Services.
Ambassador David Reimer noted that after the swearing-in ceremony, they will be sent into communities across eight districts in Sierra Leone to work together with local partners on health and education.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Deputy Director in the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) John K. Ansumana updating journalists on the outcome of the school census has said that the Government of Sierra Leone has spent NLe 510,300,383 on the Free Quality Education (FQE) programme.
By Abass Jalloh
Effective yesterday, 1st September 2022, passengers departing and arriving in Sierra Leone started payment of twenty-five dollars (25$) Security Processing fee which was announced by the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
By Saio Marrah
The Team Leader, Governance and Civil Society of the European Delegation (EU), Serena Bertaina has called on Parliamentarians and Journalists to work collaboratively in deepening the country’s democracy.
She said this at a Parliament and Press Gallery Engagement Forum, in which journalists were trained at the house of parliament on Wednesday 31st August 2022.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Parliamentary Director for Programmes, Research, and Partnership, Gilbert Nhabay has spoken about an initiative to get the Clerk’s Office to become independent by depoliticizing it.
Speaking during a Parliament and Press Gallery Engagement Forum, Nhabay noted that they want to make the office independent so its work can be effective.
He said the position of a clerk not being a political appointee comes with a lot of merits as it is done in other countries.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Chairman of the Bonthe district Council has called on the government to address the current impassable state at the Bumpeh Bridge leading to the chiefdom headquarter town of Bumpeh Ngao (Tabay) within the shortest possible time, noting the economic standstill it has caused.
A low-bed trailer truck carrying road construction machinery was reported to have broken down on the narrow bridge in the early hours of Thursday morning, as it was trying to drive through, thereby rendering vehicular and human traffic impossible.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
