By Abass Jalloh
After 20 years of working in Sierra Leone, Search for Common Ground (SCG), one of the leading organizations that seeks to support peace building in conflict areas, has ended operations in Sierra Leone.
This means the Talking Drum Studio (TDS), which was a programme under SCG throughout its operations, will now continue to operate as usual. As such TDS will henceforth be independent.
By Politico staff writer
United Nations Resident Coordinator Babatunde Ahonsi has encouraged senior-level staff of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS) to reflect on the conditions of detention and the complaint mechanisms available for the detainees in corrections centres across the country.
The resident Coordinator was speaking on Wednesday 8th June 2022 at the opening of a three-day training for senior-level staff of the SLCS on Conditions of Detention and Human Rights held in Freetown.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Representing Christian Union for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CUBVI), Mohamed Samuel Fullah has called on the Parliament of Sierra Leone to consider people who are blind by producing braille versions of all national documents.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has in a public hearing organized by the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) at the New City Hall, stated that they are set to increase the cost of electricity tariff in the Western Area.
By Abass Jalloh
In a reaction to the censuses of 2015 and 2021, the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has urged Statistics Sierra Leone to take urgent steps to regain citizens’ confidence in the results.
The report from IGR states that over the last seven years, Sierra Leone spent a little over twenty million dollars ($ 20,000,000) on the population censuses of the APC-led administration in 2015 and the ruling SLPP in 2021.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Chairman of the National COVID-19 Response Centre, has noted the need for a sustainable institution that will be responsible to manage all public health emergencies that may emerge in the country.
Dr Amara Jambai made the call at a press conference held at the response centre yesterday to update the media and Civil society groups about the current trend of the coronavirus in the country.
By Abass Jalloh
Sierra Leone and Kenya have signed six Cooperation agreements on fostering cultural and economic development.
The agreements include Joint Commission of Corporation, Political and Economic Diplomacy, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Trade and Investment, Tourism and Art, and ICT and Youth Education. The various agreements were signed by Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister and the Kenyan Government.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
