The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Alfred Lahai has disclosed on Wednesday July 8, 2020 that, the Ministry is “in receipt of a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formally communicating the suspension of the 2020 Hajj edition”. Lahai said in a statement that was...Read More
Investigations Officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Hajaratu Sama, has on Wednesday 8th July 9, 2020, testified as the first prosecution witness in the examination malpractice case involving examiners at the Holy Family Secondary School, Deep Eye Water in Waterloo. The matter, which is before the High Court Holden in Freetown and presided over by Justice...Read More
China Kingho, a company that will resume operation at the Tonkolili Iron ore mines, has on July 3, 2020, donated 20,000 N95 protective face masks to the National Covid-19 Response Centre (NaCOVERC). “Shortly after the first case was discovered in Sierra Leone, we immediately ordered the masks from China, and were sent by express. However, due...Read More
As part of the framework for ensuring transparency and accountability in the use of public funds in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the north-east Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and her team have embarked on a tour of COVID-19 command centres in the region. In her engagement with three of the four command...Read More
For the year of 2020, Europe and Africa have set themselves an ambitious agenda for an ever stronger EU-Africa Partnership. The new President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, made her first official visit outside the EU to Addis Ababa underlining the EU’s strong commitment to advance the partnership. Europe and Africa are...Read More
