By Fatima Kpaka The Parliament of Sierra  Leone on Monday, December 19, 2022 passed into law the Bill entitled: “The Local Government Act of 2022”, to strengthen and enhance local government and rural development in the country. The Bill is seeks to provide for the continuation of local councils, the decentralization and devolution of functions,...Read More

By Salieu S. Kanu The Office of the Inspector General of the Global Fund (OIG) found that Integrated Health Project Administration Unit (IHPAU) procurement staff members within Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) were involved in fraudulent and collusive practices for both malaria and Health Management Information System training, the OIG said in...Read More

By Minkailu Lawrence Koroma The Freetown City Council on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, received two vacuum trucks and semi mechanized equipment from Goal Sierra Leone for the transformation of liquid waste. In handing over the equipment to FCC, the programme director of Goal Sierra Leone, Getu Debella, referred to the project as “a promulgation of...Read More

By Ibrahim S.Bangura Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sowyer on Friday, December 16, 2022 launched Freetown Fashion Design and Creative Arts Network at the Town City Hall in Freetown with the  aim of creating job opportunities for youth in Sierra Leone and  across Africa. The launch was attended by Morta Foresti, the project leads for Overseas...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Monday, December 19,, 2022 sentenced 43 convicts to prison after he found them guilty of committing various offences during the violent protests on August 10 in Freetown. Twelve accused persons were discharged. The accused persons were under trial on 21 counts including...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu If information within the Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) is anything to go by, the ongoing registration of voters for the lower level election is reported to be troubled by series of flaws. Reports are that the five -man Committee set up to...Read More