By Politico Staff Writer
As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease among people living with disability, a group of organizations that advocates for the rights and welfare of disables in the country has embarked on sensitization and distribution of hygiene materials.
By Politico Staff Writer
The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Mamadi Gobeh-Kamara, has called on the people of Kenema to embrace the government’s Medium-Term National Development Plan as a roadmap towards the transformation of their district.
The deputy minister made the statement during a one-day stakeholders’ engagement on the document, organised by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MOPED) at Albsertson Hotel conference room in Kenema on 14th August.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, with funding from the German International Cooperation (GIZ), has donated Veronica buckets, hand sanitizers, face masks and sanitary soaps to over fifty businesses, learning institutions, religious bodies as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The presentation of the donated materials was done at a ceremony held at the ministry's headquarters at New England Ville, Freetown.
By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo
The criminal investigation department in Bo is investigating two people for an alleged trafficking of an 11-year old boy.
The two suspects, Foday Mansaray and Moinina Bundu of Lungi Village in Jiama Chiefdom, Bo District, according to police, conspired to sell Borbor Mansaray.
By Politico staff writer
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), with support from Irish Aid, Japan and Edesia have launched a treatment programs for moderately malnourished children and pregnant women across the country.
The program, which was launched on the 14th of August 2020 in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, targets over 64,000 children from 6-59 months, as well as pregnant and lactating mother across the country.
By Francis H. Murray
The union representing commercial motor bike riders, known as Okada, have accused traffic police officers of illegally converting bikes they impound into personal property.
The Sierra Leone Bike Riders Union said police officers illegally take ownership of the bikes when they arrest their owners for minor traffic offences, detain them, only to release them when their bikes will have been done away with in fraudulent auction processes.
By Politico Staff Writer
Schools are to reopen next month, according to a Press release from the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE). The release says that the decision was reached ‘’after extensive consultations by stakeholders and policy makers in the education sector’’.
Pre- primary schools are to reopen on the 15th September, whilst Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary Schools will resume classes on the 5th October, according to the statement.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
