By Mabinty M. Kamara
The management of Eco Med, a medical diagnostics and laboratory facility operating in Freetown has in a press statement denounced claims made by a member of parliament that the hospital should be a government property that has been converted into private use by some individuals.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
In an effort to boost their advocacy skills, Oxfam and implementing partners, the Network Movement for Justice and Development have trained over 40 natural resource rights and economic justice advocates on a new advocacy phenomenon known as Influencing.
The training which was held in Freetown on the 31st of May 2021 brought together advocacy platform members from seven districts of Kono, Tonkolili, Bonthe, Moyamba, Kenema and Port Loko .
By Politico staff writer
An events management and multimedia company, Priority Solutions has successfully launched the Orange Sierra Leone’s 4G+ network.
The theme of the 4G+ is superheroes. To reflect this during the launch the company made superhero costumes with a shield designed from a locally sourced raffia plant, painted green, white, and blue.
Guests were greeted by superheroes and were given superhero caps and shields as souvenirs.
By Alpha Abu
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the detainment of some Sierra Leonean diplomats in the wake of investigations into issues surrounding “renovation or reconstruction’’ of the country’s Chancery building in New York in the United States.
Details of the identity of the officials detained have not been released by the commission but the statement confirmed the head of chancery was among those held since Friday 28 May 2021.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Kissy Dock Yard community has called on authorities responsible to relocate the garbage dumpsite (bomeh) as they believe it poses serious health and environmental issues to the community.
Located in the east end of Freetown, it is arguably the largest dumpsite in Freetown that admits huge tons of waste on a daily basis.
By Politico staff writer
President Julius Maada Bio has in a meeting with other ECOWAS heads of states condemned any form of military coups in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.
“Military take-overs violate ECOWAS, AU, and UN Resolutions. Sierra Leone therefore stands in solidarity with ECOWAS and calls for the restoration of constitutional order through inclusive, credible, and transparent elections in accordance with the provisions of prior resolutions on this matter,” he said.
By Saio Marrah
As a way of galvanizing young people into the leadership of the National Pentecostal Mission (NPM) in Sierra Leone, they church last week elected Rev. Benjamin B. Bangura, as the New Bishop and General-Superintendent for the Mission in Sierra Leone during the 14th Biennial National Delegates Conference.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
