By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Patients admitted at the Kenema government hospital and their visitors have expressed serious concern over the offensive odor from the maternity area where health workers disposed of hospital waste placentas after pregnant delivery.
Mamie Kamara, a patient admitted at the hospital told politico that they have complained about the situation many to the hospital management but nothing has been done to “save us from this stench that is depriving us of fresh air.”
By Mabinty Magdelene Kamara
The Students’ Union president of Fourah Bay College has written to the Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone and president, Julius Maada Bio calling for the protracted lecturers’ strike to end.
In a thinly-veiled threat, Augustine Bona says they will embark on a “peaceful protest” if the ongoing industrial action by lecturers is not resolved.
According to the letter dated 27th January 2020, Bona writes that they will have exhausted all dialogue efforts unsuccessfully by the time of the protest.
By Francis H. Murray
Political parties and a coalition of civil and nongovernmental organisations have called on President Julius Maada Bio to take necessary steps to further the review of the 1991 Constitution which was part of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Report.
The Senegal Minister of Petroleum and Gas, Sophie Gladima has met the Sierra Leone MCC delegation in Dakar during which she shared her country’s experience in the energy reform process. Gladima highlighted the importance of energy in boosting Senegal’s mining sector and the economic development of the country as a whole.
She explained how Senegal prioritised their MCC compact in the area of energy which they hope to distribute nationwide by 2025.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Social Welfare has on the 28th January 2021 conducted a three-day intensive training for anti-human trafficking task force members in Kenema.
By Alpha Abu
The Director General of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Amara Kanneh in a status review of the country’s road network during the government’s weekly press conference said that the rehabilitation of the Bo- Bandajuma and construction of the stretch leading to the Mano River Union Bridge close to the Liberia border is to be completed at the end of this year.
By Francis Murray
Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court in Freetown has sentenced one Abdul Turay to 15 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of wounding Police Inspector Sultan Mohammed Sewa.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
