Youth Minister Lunches Amref Health Africa Advocacy Project
By Komba Fillie Amref Health Africa and Y-ACT in partnership with Youth Partnership for Peace and Development on Wednesday 5th June 2024 launched their project title: “Empowering Youth Advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sierra Leone”. The Launching was held at the Atlantic Hotel Lumley Beach in Freetown. Launching the project, the Minister…...
Audit Service Empowers Public Accounts Committee Members
The Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) has organised a one –day workshop for members of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament in an effort to help understand the audit process and the audit report. The workshop was held on Wednesday 5th June 2024 at the 3rd Floor of the FCC Building in Freetown. In his […]
Open Budget Survey Extols Audit Service on Global Transparency
The Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) has improved in the 2023 Open Budget Survey Index score. According to the Open Budget Survey (OBS) Index 2023 report, the ASSL, oversight score climbed 78% in 2023 from 72% in 2021. Speaking during the launch of the Sierra Leone Open Budget Survey Report 2023 on Wednesday, 29th May, […]
Opposition Whip Lambasts Guma
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon. AKK speaking in Parliament Chief Whip of the opposition, All People’s Congress (APC), Hon. Abdul Karim Kamara (AKK), has, during a plenary sitting on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Parliament on Tower Hill in Freetown, taken a swipe at the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) for what he described…...
Hon. Zombo Tables Private Member Bill on Anti-Child Marriage
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon. Mariama Munia Zombo Hon. Mariama Munia Zombo representing the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, during the 52nd plenary sitting in Parliament on Tower Hill in Freetown, served a notice of intent to move a Private Member Bill against child marriage. Standing Order (SO)…...
Man Sentenced to 3 Years Imprisonment for Larceny
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema has recently sentenced one Moses Bundu, a farmer of Gborbu Village to Three (3) years imprisonment for larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. According to a prosecutor, PC 13536 Moseray Sylvester Alfred, Moses Bundu on…...
Prison Court Commences in Kenema
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Prison Court has, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, commenced in Kenema with two hundred and twenty-nine (229) inmates. Among the inmates two hundred and eleven (211) were male and eighteen were (18) female. Justice Abubakarr Sannoh from Bo released Sixteen (16) inmates while two other inmates, one sentenced for…...
Amb. Karim China Takes Another Diplomatic Role
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to China, Ambassador Abu Bakarr Karim has presented his Letters of Credence to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe. Following the presentation, Ambassador Karim has now officially assumed the role of a non-resident High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. His Excellency, […]
HOW TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN SIERRA LEONE
By Rev. Dr. Paul Bala Samura Education is the primary factor in a nation’s development. Schools have debated the topic, “Education is Better Than Money.” Those who supported or defended the motion almost always win. Those who oppose the motion often argue that money is the instrument for acquiring education, with which I…...
SLAJ Condemns Online Attacks Against Journalists
Alie Badara The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is deeply concerned about recent online attacks against journalist Thomas Josephus Dixon, especially from Anthony Vandy writing on social […]