By Umaru Fofana
The former leader of the disbanded rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has called on the international community and President Julius Maada Bio to have him transferred to serve the rest of his 52-year jail term in Sierra Leone.
Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya join Sierra Leone to audit last two years of Koroma Govt
Dozens of financial and performance auditors from Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya have joined the Sierra Leone Audit Service to carry out a forensic audit on the activities of the government of Ernest Bai Koroma as recommended by the Government Transition Team (GTT) report and upheld by President Julius Maada Bio. The GTT report alleges widespread corruption and cronyism under the former administration.
Pujehun women meet President Bio on sexual violence, education and leadership
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
A cross section of members of Women of Wanjama (WoW), a women’s advocacy group in Pujehun have met President Julius Maada Bio at State House to discuss “issues affecting the general growth and development” of the southern district.
A statement read by Suafiatu Tunis on behalf of the organisation’s national Chairperson drew the attention of the president to three major issues affecting women and girls in the Pujehun
Pregnant women at great risk in 2 Pujehun chiefdoms
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
Health workers in Pujehun have warned of a high risk to pregnant women in the Makpele and Sorogbeima chiefdoms because of the delay in the arrival of referral cases due to the difficulty in accessing the maternity hospital in the town.
Sierra Leone Armed Forces say 3 “major” weapons incidents being investigated
The Sierra Leone army says three “major arms and ammunition investigations” are currently ongoing involving its members.
Bollore trains first Sierra Leoneans to operate modern port equipment
Freetown Terminal Limited, a subsidiary of Bollore Group says it is investing $120million in port expansion and development, as well as the purchase of modern port equipment. In this regard the company is training locals to handle the new state-of-the-art equipment.
Speaking to journalists, the Country Manager of Bollore Group, Captain Fabjanko Kokan said that in this regard they had contracted a Belgium-based-company, Global Port Training, to train 35 Sierra Leoneans to operate brand new port equipment brought into the country in May this year.
Ebola survivors suffer from severe psychiatric problems, new report says
By Umaru Fofana
A new report out this week says Ebola survivors “need continued access to healthcare” because they suffer from severe neurological and psychiatric problems.
The researchers from University of Liverpool and the Kings’ Sierra Leone Partnership call for “more specialist support for the most severely affected patients” and detail several disorders among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone.
These disorders include stroke and debilitating migraine-type headaches.
