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By Politico staff writer

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations working on local governance, citizens participation, inclusiveness and gender responsive public services including the European Union Consortium members, have called on the government of Sierra Leone to provide more funding support to the gender responsive service delivery.

By Politico Staff writer

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on the 20th May 2021 announced the indictment of Prince Amara who is a lab assistant at the United Brethren –in-Christ Hospital (UBC) at Mattru Jong in the Bonthe District. 

He was indicted  on two counts of corruption offences bordering on the misappropriation of public property “contrary to Section 36(1) and Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence contrary to Section 128(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act No.12 of 2008, as amended by the Anti-Corruption Act No.9 of 2019”.

By Politico staff writer

The United Kingdom Special Envoy for Girl’s Education, Helen Grant, on Thursday 20^th May 2021 engaged President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown to discuss Sierra Leone’s Free Quality Education drive.

Grant, who is a UK Member of Parliament, said that they were in Sierra Leone to learn about how the country had successfully implemented the Free Quality Education and the radical inclusion policy and to also learn how their funds were being utilized.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Ahead of the government report on the progresses made in meeting commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, the Civil Society Consortium and Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) through the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development on the 19^th May engaged stakeholders in Kenema.

The engagement according to officials was to get the views of the different agencies, women groups and youths organizations on the achievement of government on sustainable development goals.

By Umaru Fofana

For the first time in Sierra Leone a child and adolescent mental health facility has been opened.

Situated at the Kissy Psychiatric Hospital, the first in sub-Saharan Africa opened in 1820, the facility was established through funds raised by Ariana Oluwale who runs an early childhood center in Freetown.

By Saio Marrah

Tonkolili district Paramount Chief Member of Parliament, Bai Kurr Kanagbaro Sanka III, has claimed that ECOMED a medical diagnostics and laboratory facility that is situated at 19 off Upper Kingharman Road, Brookfield in Freetown, is supposed to be a government- owned property.

Speaking in the Well of Parliament, on Thursday the 20th May, 2021, he said government was supposed to have 60% shares, while the public and the Ghanaian medical doctors have 20% each. 

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Despite Sierra Leone getting the all green approval by the UK Government of being amongst countries and territories with low risk travel during this covid-19 pandemic, the NaCOVERC Chairman and Deputy Minister of Finance II, Mohamed Bangura has said surveillance will be raised up in the face of growing fears of new strains and variants of the virus in parts of Asia.