By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has started his defense at the Court of Appeal in Freetown.
MBSSE urges school authorities to submit grades
By Politico Staff Writer
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a press statement urged authorities of 1,983 (one Thousand nine hundred and eighty-three) primary schools to upload their Continuous Assessment Scores Capturing System (CASS) grades to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for candidates of the just concluded National Primary School Examination (NPSE).
Project for Cocoa Farmers folds up in eastern Sierraa Leone
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Gola Rain Forest Conservation Limited with funds from Lorna Young foundation has on the 10th June 2021 held evaluation assessment to mark the end of the Cocoa Framers Voice project in Kenema.
The project according to officials was meant to help ease communication among cocoa farmers at the forest edge communities and to bring them under one association that can help them learn and share new ideas in cocoa farming in their communities.
Nine oppose Sambaia Chieftaincy election
By Alpha Abu
Two of the nine men who protested and withdrew from contesting in the Sambaia chieftaincy election in the Tonkolili district have expressed to Politico their reservations over the entire process in which a serving Member of Parliament Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray was elected as chief on 3 June 2021.
World Bank boosts Sierra Leone Covid19 vaccine access
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The World Bank group has in a press statement announced its approval of $8.5 million grant in additional financing to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in Sierra Leone.
The funds according to the statement dated 8th June 2021, will provide upfront financing to help purchase and deploy coronavirus vaccines, and strengthen relevant health systems necessary for a successful deployment and to prepare for future pandemic outbreaks.
SOS distributes 3,000 footballs to orphanages in Sierra Leone
By Politico staff writer
SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone in partnership with The Great Football Give Away, UK has commenced the distribution of 3,000 footballs and their accessories to over 370 schools, orphanages and some deprived communities across the country.
Sierra Leone announces a "shift" in its foreign policy
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David Francis has told newsmen that they were instituting a shift in foreign policy in order to adjust to the existing situation in the global community caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The shift according to the minister is from Economic diplomacy which is mostly trade- and investment driven, to development diplomacy which he referred to as national interest driven for the development and growth of a country.
