By Mabinty M. Kamara
As part of setting up the party’s structures ahead of the 2023 general elections, the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has concluded the election of its Executive officials at its convention held from the 29th to 30th of December 2021 in Bo, southern Sierra Leone.
15 positions were contested by 45 aspirants. Three among the fifteen positions went unopposed including that of incumbent Umaru Napoleon Koroma who retained his post as the Party’s Secretary-General.
By Nasratu Kargbo and Prince J. Musa in Kenema
Drivers, car owners and passengers have expressed fear over what seems to be a fuel shortage in the last few days in across Sierra Leone. Many have reported that they observed signs of fuel scarcity since New Year’s Eve; this has caused black marketeering and led to increase in transportation fares.
By Alpha Abu
Survivors of the Wellington Fuel tanker vehicle explosion have received food supplies from the Sierra Leonean community-based in Australia. A small team representing the donors on Tuesday 4th January 2021 first went to Connaught, 34 Military and Rokupa Hospitals to distribute rice, cooking oil, purified water, tomato paste, tea, and sugar to people still admitted at the three health facilities, following the inferno that claimed over 150 lives.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Sierra Leone Road Authority (SLRA) has trained university students across the country on national traffic value count. The training which was held on the 29th December 2021 at district council hall Nyandeyama road in Kenema targeted two hundred and seventy three enumerators and some lecturers from the various universities.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the West Africa Examination Council are currently in disagreement over the release of the soft Copy of the just released 2021 results of y
the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by SSS 3 pupils across the country.
By Politico staff writer
Sierra Leone is part of 19 Member Countries of the Islamic Development Bank that has benefitted from US$ 1.6 Billion to support 24 development projects in Africa, Asia & Europe
US$ 40.98 Million was allocated to the small West African country for the “RRM for Upgrading of Regional Integration Roads Project”.
The project will contribute to poverty alleviation by providing economic opportunities, markets access, and creation of new employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Statistic Sierra Leone has in a press statement announced the extension of the controversial mid-term housing and population census to a week in order to ensure that all are counted. The census which started on the 10th of December this year was expected to have ended on the 23rd December but for the extension.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
