By Mabinty M. Kamara
The President of Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), Femi Jarett Coker has called on the government of Sierra Leone to take swift action in the implementation and enforcement of the resolutions contained in the Saly Declaration adopted by government officials, CSOs and media practitioners across West Africa.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Public Health and Head of Surveillance Pillar Dr. Sattie Kenneh, National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has on 20th August 2021 announced the end of the third wave of the pandemic, noting that the country has been recording single digits and occasionally zero cases in recent times.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Amara Jambai has said that 23 percent of all deaths in Sierra Leone are related to malaria.
Dr. Jambai made this statement on Friday 20th August 2021 while the country was commemorating World Mosquito Day at the Ministry’s conference hall, Youyi Building in Freetown.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Some law students at Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone have highlighted the strength and weaknesses of the Cyber Security Act of 2020 which according to them infringes on human rights.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Energy with funds from DIFAID through the Bo, Kenema electricity rehabilitation and extension project has on 21st August 2021 presented transformer to the Energy distribution Agency (EDSA) and the stakeholders in Kenema for the West Africa Power pool Project powering Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Sierra Leone’s Parliament has signed a communique with the leaders of 52 Civil Society Organisations working in Sierra Leone in an effort to foster a healthy and mutually supportive relationship between the lawmakers and the civic group.
Over 50 occupants in 11 houses at Blackie drive, Kandeh town section in Bo, have been affected by torrential rain fall which lasted for several hours in the night of Sunday 22nd August 2021.
The flood victims mainly students, traders, pastors and civil servants have blamed the situation on the Bo city council over poor drainage system.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
