News

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The District COVID-19 Emergency Response Center (DICOVERC) in Pujehun has expressed frustration over the “lack of support” from international and local Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.

District Coordinator of the Pujehun DICOVERC, Mohamed K.G Kemokai, told Politico that NGOs have funds set aside for projects in the district but three months on they have not invested much in programs in the district, leaving them with an ever growing challenge to deal with.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

When the dust settles on the fight against COVID-19, then Sierra Leone will realize that children are perhaps the worst affected demography in this country by the pandemic, and that is the case across the world.

This impact is not measured by counting how many children have been killed by the Coronavirus, because the virus has largely spared children. Rather, the impact on children is measured by the sheer scale of disruption it has had on their growth process.

By Francis H. Murray

Paramount Chief Koblo Queen II of Marampa Chiefdom, Portloko District in the northwest province of Sierra Leone, continued his testimony on Monday before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown in the ongoing preliminary investigations into a 14 count charge of murder, arson, malicious damage arising from recent rioting in the town of Lunsar.

By Francis H. Murray

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Southern Region office has engaged personnel of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) in Moyamba and Mattru Jong police stations on the content of the recently released Corruption Perception Survey conducted by the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law, with sponsorship from DFID.

By Francis H. Murray

Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court in Freetown has on Tuesday 7 July 2020 sentenced 34-yeaer old Mohammed Bangura to 15yrs imprisonment for sexually penetrating an 8 years old girl. The judge described the evidence adduced in court against Bangura as “overwhelming.”

Brig. (Rtd) Kellie Hassan Conteh is the Interim National Coordinator of the National Coronavirus Emergency Operation Center (NACOVERC).

Kemo Cham spoke with him about the response effort from the onset, the successes, the challenges and the future.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Southern district of Pujehun has gone more than 30 days without recording a new case of Coronavirus. Sunday, 8^th of July marked exactly 33 days since all COVID-19 patients were discharged from the district’s treatment center.

The District COVID-19 Emergency Response Committee (DICOVERC) has put down the success to their “remarkable” level of organization across the district even before they recorded a case.