By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The Risk Communication Lead of the National Coronavirus Response Centre (NaCOVERC), Harold Thomas has pleaded with Sierra Leoneans to adhere to COVID-19 protocols, despite the country’s being struck-off the UK Government’s Red List of countries considered to be risky in terms of travel during this pandemic.
“This is great news for the nation and we are appealing to Sierra Leoneans to take up all precautions seriously,” he said.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Kenema district Livestock Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Paul Martin Ngegba has on the 6th October 2021 told Politico that 90 cases of dog bites have so far been recorded since the beginning of this year. He however stated that none of the cases has turned out to be rabies –related. He advised people having dogs to make sure the animals are vaccinated especially those having constant interaction with people in the community.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sierra Leone in collaboration with the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has on the 7th October 2021 engaged stakeholders of refugee host communities to formally inform them of the closure of all refugee programs in Sierra Leone.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Deputy Commissioner for the Children’s Commission Sierra Leone has said that punishment against children who come in conflict with the law are a contributing factor to the destruction of their future.
“Jailing juvenile for 15 years is part of destroying the future of the child for life, because after the jail term they will not learn anything that will benefit them,’’ he said.
Ansumana Fambundeh was speaking at a partners’ engagement held in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone on the 7th of October 2021.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Mercury International and the Martin Michael Family have donated the sum of Le 100 million to the management of the Dr. Kadi A. Sesay Girls Secondary School in Port Loko District, North-Western Sierra Leone to boost the operations of the school.
By Politico staff writer
President Julius Maada Bio has appended his signature to the bill that finally abolished the death penalty from Sierra Leone’s Law books. The historic event took place at State House on Friday 8th October 2021, witnessed by dignitaries including members of the diplomatic corps in the country.
State Pathologist Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma has told Justice Ivan Ansumana Sesay during a murder trial that the victim Mohamed Kallon was stabbed to death with a metallic object that resembled a knife.
The pathologist was testifying against Alpha Yayah Kanu and 10 others who are standing trial on at the High Court in Freetown on charges of conspiracy to commit a murder, murder, and burying a human body in a place other than a cemetery.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
