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
By Sallieu S. Kanu An additional 516,700 people in Sierra Leone will benefit from a $50 million International Development Association (IDA) additional financing approved today under the second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2), the World Bank said in a stamen on Thursday. The objective is to support the country’s...Read More
NETHIPS Elects New Executive By Komba Fillie The Network of HIV Positives in Sierra Leone (NETHIPS), with support from partners, has ended a two-day National Delegate conference at their Head Quarter, at 261 Regent Road in Grafton, (14 to 15 December 2022) on the outskirts of Freetown. The theme for the conference was: “Rebuilding a...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) through its National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) Coordinating Secretariat which is under the Office of the Commissioner of the ACC, in collaboration with the NACS Steering Committee-that sits in the Office of the Vice President, on 14th December, 2022, honoured, recognized and awarded Certificates of Merit to Thirty Eight (38) deserving Ministries,...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu At the culminating event of the Mining Community Innovation Challenge (MCIC) hackathon and data competition, held on November 30, 2022, Team Smart Cure, a start-up with a data-driven solution to increase access to clean water, took first place honors. Team Digital Agro, a start-up that is creating employment opportunities for youth...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Bai Bureh Heritage Foundation on Saturday December 10th, 2022, International Human Rights Day, crowned the Executive Director of LEGAL LINK, lawyer Rashid Dumbuya with a MEDAL OF HONOR at its 5th Service Delivery Awards held at the Port Loko City Council Hall. The Award was in recognition of the great...Read More
