By Mabinty M. Kamara
After a pro-longed break and uncertainty in the future of their studies, government sponsored students at the Limkokwing University have in a press statement again appealed for the intervention of the Sierra Leone government.
Sierra Leone downsizes Covid-19 workforce
By Kemo Cham
The National COVID-19 Emergency Response Center (NACOVERC) says it is working on scaling down its work force, in a sign of the country getting closer to the end of the pandemic.
NACOVERC spokesman Solomon Jamiru broke the news in a social media post on Friday, indicating that they intended to cut down the number of staff to a minimum 40% effective 1 November, 2020.
Sierra Leone commissions Inshore Patrol Craft for the Navy
By Francis H Murray
In an effort to protect the country’s territorial waters and ecosystem from external invasions, President Julius Maada Bio has commissioned four Inshore Patrol Crafts meant for the Sierra Leone Navy.
The ceremony took place on Thursday 22nd October 2020 at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Freetown.
Air Cote d’Ivoire resumption delayed in SIerra Leone over arrears
By Kemo Cham
The Sierra Leone Airport Authority (SLAA) briefly detained an Air Cote d'Ivoire plane on Friday, preventing it from leaving Freetown over unpaid tax. The flight was supposed to be the last by the Ivorian airline which announced last week that it was suspending its operation in the country due to poor business performance, thanks to the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A source within the airport management confirmed the development but declined to comment further because they were not permitted to do so.
Methodist church ends annual conference
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The United Methodist Church (UMC), one of the leading Christian missions in Sierra Leone, has ended its bi-annual conference for 2020 with the theme: “Forget what is behind, press forward toward the goal’’.
The purpose of the conference, authorities say, is for circuit members and Bishops to make a formal presentation of their yearly reports to the council members.
The two-day conference attracted mission clergies across the country.
Sierra Leone CSOs call for reinstatement of suspended MPs
By Francis H. Murray
A coalition of rights-based Civil Society Organizations (CSO) has called on the leadership of Parliament to reinstate four of its members who were suspended from participating in parliamentary committee proceedings.
‘‘We hereby urge the Speaker of Parliament and the leadership of all the political parties represented in parliament to immediately take steps to re-instate all parliamentary entitlements and privileges to the affected parliamentarians,’’ the coalition noted.
Lawmakers commit to ending malaria in Sierra Leone
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Members of the Sierra Leone Parliament have committed to play their part towards the eradication of malaria in Sierra Leone, as part of the global eradication goal target for 2030.
