By Mabinty M. Kamara
In an effort to bridge the capacity gap and ensure Sierra Leone benefits from its extractive sector, advocates have called on the government and other development partners to establish a standardized mining university that can train mining engineers and experts in the country.
By Politico staff writer
A team led by the Country Director of the Sierra Leone Compact Design Tina Yu from the Millennium Challenge Cooperation has on Tuesday briefed the Deputy Minister II of Finance Sheku F Bangura on the progress and stages in the MCC compact design and possible implementation.
BIG FOOTBALL DELEGATION AND OUR TAXES
A huge debate is taking place mostly on social media about the number of officials in the SLFA and NSA delegation to three friendly matches in the Kingdom of Morocco at the invitation of that country. We are preparing our boys for the coming AfCON in Cameroon. We are told that there are TWENTY-FOUR officials from SLFA, NSA and the Ministry of Sport in Morocco as we write this.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
An advocacy organization, Men Association for Gender Equality, Sierra Leone (MAGE-SL) in partnership with a South Africa based orgnisation SONKE Gender Justice Network has engaged journalists and religious leaders on issues around sexual and gender based violence in Sierra Leone.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The German International Cooperation (GIZ) has engaged stakeholders of Mining Ministries, Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil Societies and the Artisanal- and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Sector on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains and the European Union (EU) Conflict Minerals Regulation in the Mano River Union (MRU).
By Alpha Abu
Assistant Commissioner of Police Brima Kamara has told journalists at a briefing that the demolition of structures on Wednesday 29th September 2021 in an area not far from the US Embassy at Southridge, IMMAT was not carried out by the police as stated by some media houses and the public.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
