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Nasratu Kargbo

A report by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has revealed that parents of pupils in both government and private schools spend more on education than the government in 2020 despite the Free Quality Education Programme in the country.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

One Gbessay Mansaray, 22, has appeared before Justice Komba Kamanda on allegations that she threw her 3-year-old son into a river in the Western Area.Mansaray was arraigned at the Freetown High Court yesterday 2 November to answer to one count charge of murder.

According to the particulars of offence, the young lady was said to have murdered her 3-year-old son on the 22^nd August, 2017 in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.

Five people have been arrested for the death of 35 year-old  Nabieu Lebbie of Gerihun town , Baoma chiefdom in the Bo district. According to Police Inspector Mohamed Bobson Senu,  earlier reports stated Lebbie was violently shoved leading to his death. An autopsy examination was conducted revealing suspicious findings, reports say.  

The incident happened on the 28^th October 2021 when Lebbie was returning home from a bereaved friend’s place at Kailu.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The Media Reform Coordinating Group-Sierra Leone (MRCG-SL) has in a press release called on the government, politicians, media owners and other parties for increased protection of journalists in Sierra Leone.

The call was made yesterday 2 November this year in observance of ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Three thousand and forty schools have so far benefitted from the government’s Free Quality Education (FQE) Programme. President Julius Maada Bio upon assuming office in 2018 initiated the education programme that saw an unprecedented number of children enrolled in in government run and assisted schools across the country.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Osman Koroma, Head of Media and Communication at the Jamil and Nyanga Jaward Foundation (JNJF) has said that over 800 widows are set to benefit from their micro-business start-up scheme.

Koroma told Politico on Friday 29^th October this year, that the funding will be provided after successful partnership with other humanitarian organisations.

He disclosed that Adopt-a-Widow is a programme with many packages including a 4 million Leone micro business start-up for widows. 

By Alpha Abu

A group calling itself the Sierra Leone Land Alliance (SLLA)  has urged the government of Sierra Leone to publish the report of the Land Complaints and Dispute Resolution Committee.  The committee submitted its report to President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday 7 October 2021 but its contents are yet to be made public.