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 made the statement while delivering keynote speech and launched of the Annual Education Week at...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 his work as a BBC reporter, putting his personality and safety at risk. SLAJ said...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 to information and women’s right to communicate in the Royal Hotel, Senegal. Organised by PANOS...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 (AASL) in partnership with the Centre for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA) and Campaign...Read More
On October 9, 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated December 9, as the International Anti-Corruption Day. It is a day that was set aside to raise awareness of corruption, picturing the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. The International Anti-Corruption Day is primarily meant to incisively look at the serious problems, as well as the unremitting threats corruption poses to...Read More
