The Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has expressed his dissatisfaction over examination malpractice involving candidates who sat to public examinations, including the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Vice President Jalloh described examination malpractice as one of the single most threat to basic quality education. He...Read More
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is very concerned about the persistent online verbal attacks against the reporter of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mr. Umaru Fofana, and is calling on those behind such calculated smear campaign to desist forthwith. Mr. Fofana, a former president of SLAJ, has come under serious verbal attacks for doing...Read More
Four officials from various institutions including the Ministry of Information and Communications, the National Commission for Civic Education and Development (NaCCED), Women in the Media Sierra Leone and Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) have joined other countries in the West African region to strengthen synergies for the promotion of the right of access...Read More
Budget Tracking Report on Health, Education, Rural Water, Agriculture, & Social Welfare Service Deliver in the 2018 Financial Year for Bo, Kono, Bombali, & Western Rural District Councils has indicated that late disbursement of funds to Councils has been a major challenge to service delivery. With funds provided by the European Union, ActionAid Sierra Leone...Read More
UK Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton has made a virtual visit to Sierra Leone, according to a statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. This was Mr Barton’s first trip to Sierra Leone and to Africa as PUS. Barton met Minister of State Francess Alghali and Minister...Read More
Detective Police Constable 17308 Kadiatu Kamara, the Scene of Crime Officer attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Ross Road Police Station has on Thursday December 3rd 2020 testified on the on the going trial of burglary and larceny at the Ross Road Magistrate Court no 1 presides by Magistrate Alhaji Sulaiman Koroma. She said...Read More
Yabom Posseh and Santigie Kamara mother and son, were on Wednesday, November 2nd 2020 brought to answer charges at the Magistrate Court in Ross Road presided by Magistrate Alhaji Sulaiman Koroma on one count of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32(1) of the Larceny Act 1916. The particulars of offence furthered that...Read More
Freetown 28/11/2020: In a bid to cascade the rationale behind the recent Government White Paper, Officials of the Ministry of Information and Communications over the weekend visited Ataya bases and spots at which cars are washed at Tombo, Calaba Town, Banana Water in Muray Town , Fire Stone – Central Freetown, Goderich and the Mountain...Read More
Christian Lawyers Centre also referred to as Legal Link, an advocacy group that defends the rights of religious communities and vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone, has called on the Government of Sierra Leone to RESPECT, FULFILL, PROTECT AND PROMOTE” disability rights in the country. The advocacy group made the plea during a SPECIAL BREAKFAST AND ROUNDTABLE...Read More
Lecturers of the University of Sierra Leone have on Friday December 4, 2020, suspended a strike action which they recently took until December 31, 2020. The Academic Staff of the University is yet to reach a consensus with the Government of Sierra Leone on their demand for a 100% salary increment to reflect on their...Read More
