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By Abass Jalloh

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has issued a statement admitting that in January 2022 it certified Socfin Agricultural Company (SAC), an agro-based industry in Sierra Leone that engages primarily on palm oil production.

The company’s operations have been marred by numerous land conflicts, claims of human right abuses by rights defenders, and grievances by people in surrounding villages about its operational effects related to   pollution and other forms of environmental harm.

By Umaru Fofana

Rolland Wright, lawyer for the suspended Auditor General says the tribunal set up to try his client lacks jurisdiction to do so.

Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh were suspended in November by President Julius Maada Bio on allegations of misconduct and the lack of professional performance. Allegations they both vehemently deny.

By Politico Staff Writer

One-third of children between five and 17 years in the eastern province of Sierra Leone have experienced child trafficking, according to a new report.  

The report by the African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) at the University of Georgia's Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO), says 36% others have experienced child labour.

By Abass Jalloh

Not-for-profit organization Action Aid Sierra Leone (AASL) has met with various partners including community stakeholders in a bid to review the organization’s activities and discuss its programmes for 2022.

The discussions took place on Wednesday 16^th March 2022 at the New Brookfields Hotel, in Freetown.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Civil Society Groups have called on the media through the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, (SLAJ) to improve on their participation, interest, and reporting on the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) process.

SLAJ is a member of the SLEITI- Multi-Stake Holders Group.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Commercial transport drivers and bike riders in the country say they prefer the new increment in fuel price to hoarding. This came after a new pump price of 15,000 Leones, the second within two weeks, was announced by the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) on Wednesday 16 March 2022.  

By Nasratu Kargbo

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Haja Isata Abdulai Kamara says her Ministry was collaborating with the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) to make it a must that big businesses like hotels use local products. She said that will be a stepping stone in making sure local entrepreneurs are promoted.