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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah  has said Wednesday would be a day of usual business, noting that those who have planned to engage in any "illegal" activity on the said day would face the "fullest force" of the law.

Bah made this statement in the weekly Government Press Conference on Tuesday 16^th of January this year hosted at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, in which he dispelled a rumoured protest for Wednesday, a day a court martial trial is expected to continue.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Executive Director of the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), Andrew Lavalie says seventy-nine percent of President Julius Maada Bio’s promises in his first term as a President were ‘partially fulfilled,’ according to a study conducted in Afrobarometer before the June 24 general election.

Lavalie who made this statement to the media at the Government’s weekly press briefing in Freetown on January 16, 2024, attributed his assertion to an Afrobarometer conducted before the June 2023 General Elections.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Deputy Leader of the Opposition Daniel B. Koroma has blamed Parliament for the country’s accountability issues despite the constitution empowering parliament to address such issues.

The MP made this statement on the 18^th January 2024, whilst debating passionately on the bill entitled ‘National Monitoring and Evaluation Agency Act (NMEA) 2023’; and Koroma said “If parliament is made right, in less than six months this country will turn to paradise”.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wang Qing has stated that his country is committed to capacitating the Sierra Leone Police with equipment.

Wang made this statement in his visit, together with the Sandong Police College team, to the Inspector General of Police, William Fayia Sellu at his George Street office, in Freetown on 17^th January this year.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

During a draft report discussion held by stakeholders, UN Women validated a report on how women faired in the 2023 multi-tier elections in Sierra Leone.

The discussion was held at the Sierra Palms Hotel in Freetown on the 18^th of January 2024.

Poor public services in many West African countries, with already dire human development indicators, are under constant pressure from pervasive corruption. Observers say graft is corroding proper governance and causing growing numbers of people to sink into poverty.

“If you want to put a human face to corruption… then see how we have kids who walk miles to school because there are no public transport systems,” said Harold Aidoo, the executive director of the Institute for Research and Democratic Development in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

By Politico Staff Writer 

The Police Local Unit Commander Chief Superintendent  Abu Bakarr Magona in Kambia has confirmed reports of the alleged deaths of two girls after initiation into the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) dubbed Bondo Society in Kambia District. 

The LUC said that a post-mortem examination has already been conducted on the two corpses and have been handed over to the families for funeral rites.