By Saio Marrah
Following the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)’s call on the Chinese Embassy in Freetown for effective collaboration and partnership in helping the agency delivers on its core mandates, the Chinese embassy has donated office and disaster equipment to NDMA.
20 office chairs, 50 towel blankets, 50 pairs of rain shoes, 80 raincoats and four Huawei mobile phones were presented to NDMA at the embassy’s Spur Loop location on Tuesday 12th October 2021.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens has discharged one John Mansaray, 22, of a sexual penetration crime at the Sexual Offences Model Court in Freetown on Monday 11th October this year.
Mansaray was arraigned in court on a count indictment of sexual penetration of a nine year old child.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
8-year-old alleged victim of sexual abuse has told Justice Manuela Harding that accused person whom she used to refer to as Uncle Allen sexually penetrated her on 30 April this year.
Allen Cole was arraigned in the Sexual Offences Model Court in Freetown yesterday 12 October this year to answer to allegations of sexual penetration contrary to the Sexual Offences Act No.12 of 2012 as amended in 2019. Allen denied the allegations for which he is being arraigned .
Politico Staff Writer
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on 11th October presented the institution’s 2020 Annual Report to President Julius Maada Bio.
Among the successes indicated in the report was the country’s score on the corruption index of the Millennium Challenge Corporation scorecard which indicates that Sierra Leone scored 81% in the ‘Control of Corruption’. According to a statement issued by the institution, the country has recorded a drop in corruption which indicates a high standard for the country.
By Politico staff writer
In order to be in line with today's data-driven society,a Social Policy Advocacy group, Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHARDI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an information Analysis and management firm, Sanusi Research and Consulting.
The event which took place in Freetown on the 8th of October 2021, marks the beginning of a relationship that will see CHRDI enhancing its data analysis capabilities and aspirations.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Journalists from the South and Eastern regions have on the 30th September 2021,undergone a two-day intensive capacity building training on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) organized by Defense for Children International (DCI) in collaboration with its partners Equality Now and Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society (WAVES) at Gallines Paradise, in Bo
By Kemo Cham
Top Sierra Leonean researcher Prof. Osman Sankoh, whose contribution led to the certification last week of the landmark malaria vaccine, has said that he hopes the breakthrough is proof enough that research can save lives.
“My hope is that Sierra Leone and other African countries will have seen in this an example that the research we do can save lives,” he said, following reports of the approval by the World Health Organization (WHO) for widespread distribution of the jabs.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
