Ambassador Vens and President Nasralla The European Union (EU) and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), will today kick-start a nationwide radio and television programme specifically aimed at addressing fake news and misinformation around COVID-19 circulating on social media and messaging platforms. The radio and TV show will be broadcast twice weekly on Wednesdays […]
Tamba-Martha Cliques and youth violence are very prevalent among youths and this has created inconvenience for community people across the country. This is according to Steven Kaindaneh, the Lead Consultant of the Security and Justice Project at Cordaid. He made this statement during an engagement with some officials from the Sierra Leone Police and from […]
By Joseph Johnson Leader of the main Opposition in parliament, Hon Chernor R.M. Bah alias Chericoco has said the Judiciary has abandoned their cases for over a year now since they appealed against a High Court verdict that nullified the votes of ten of their members of parliament replacing nine of them with the runners-up […]
As the country continues to fight the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, hundreds of passengers residing in the Western Area Rural District Council (WARDC), especially at Waterloo 555 Junction have urged management of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) to provide bus service for passengers plying the Masiaka to Wellington Toll Gate. The stranded […]
By Swaliho Vandi President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday 4th June 2020 officially unveiled and toured the newly renovated Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital located at Kissy in the east end of Freetown. President Bio thanked the Partners In Health and Handicap International for investing so much into the country’s only psychiatric hospital. He went […]
State House to be visited by the court By Mohamed Kai Lead Counsel representing Rtd. Major Alfred Palo Conteh in the ongoing treason trial in the High Court of Sierra Leone, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has complained that his client has been subjected to solitary confinement at the Male Correctional Centre, where he is presently kept […]
By Mohamed Lamin Banya The Chairman of the Media Reform Coordinating Group, Dr. Francis Sowa has said that journalists need to have the requisite knowledge in reporting on COVID-19. This, according to Dr. Sowa will guide journalists on how they should be effectively reporting on COVID-19. He was speaking while lecturing journalists on capacity building […]
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy has assured members of the newly constituted Local Content Agency Board of Directors of a friendly working relationship. He said the opportunity given to them to serve on the board, is for them to help towards the growth and development of the country’s local content. […]
By Ransford Lube-Metzger Citizens have called on the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to show professionalism in the way they handle the issue of asset declaration so as to ensure accountability and transparency in the process. Published information on a person’s assets and income allows the Anti-Corruption Commission to be able to investigate unexplained wealth of people […]
By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla and Alhaji Manika Kamara We are escorted into the bush of mainly palm trees about half a mile or more from the dwellings of Kamasu village, Tunkia Chiefdom, Kenema District, Eastern Sierra Leone. The villagers say they only allowed us because we are journalists. The rule is that during this COVID-19 […]