The World Bank Implementation Support Team has commenced a two-week mission at Statistic Sierra (Stats SL) to evaluate progress in implementing the HISWA Project. It will also provide technical support for the conduct of the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS-2024). The high-powered delegation comprises Senior Economist and Statistician–World Bank, Abdoullalai Beidou who also doubles as...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker On October 21st, the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) joined other African Union (AU) member states in commemorating African Human Rights Day. This annual event celebrates the 1986 establishment of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), to which Sierra Leone became a signatory on September 21, 1983....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The first prosecution witness Lieutenant Colonel Bockarie Marrah has Monday 21st October 2024 testified in the ongoing Courtmartial trail against seven serving military personnel presided over by Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and seven Board Members. The seven military personnel including Major Bai Sesay of 15th Bn, Staff Sergeant Joseph Conteh alias Boy pikin...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Portee, Rukupa, and Susan’s Bay wharf communities in Freetown are grappling with a severe lack of toilet facilities, with over 7,000 residents sharing just two hanging toilets. This dire situation has forced widespread open defecation, resulting in frequent outbreaks of diseases like cholera and dysentery. Mohamed Kamara, a community elder, lamented...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The National Telecommunications Authority, NatCA, has given Orange SL seven days to resolve issues over poor network otherwise it will invoke certain provisions of the National Communications Authority Act, 2022, against telecom operator. This came following public complaints about network outages, call drops, and delays in restoring services which resulted in disruption...Read More
