By Victoria Schneider Findings from a second round of investigations into allegations of human rights abuses on plantations owned by Belgian company Socfin have been published. Supply chain consultancy Earthworm Foundation found evidence of sexual violence and land conflict, following similar findings from other plantations in West and Central Africa published in December 2023. Around one plantation, in Sierra Leone, a mapping exercise may signal action to remedy some problems, but...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Headline inflation in Sierra Leone decreased from 40.69 percent in March 2024 to 38,06 percent in April 2024 and further to 35.84 percent in May 2024, according to the policy statement of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL). The Committee which met on June 24, 2024, was chaired by the Governor of the central bank, Dr. Ibrahim L. Stevens. The MPC...Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in the framework of the Global Health Security (GHS) Program, launched the Second Cohort of In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. The training aims to strengthen the capacities of veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals to improve Sierra Leone’s capacity of detection...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba who presides over Court-martial trial, has on Thursday, June 27, 2024, dismissed the no case submissions made by defense counsels on behalf of six soldiers who are standing trial on 88 counts including mutiny, failure to suppress mutiny, murder, aiding the enemy, communicating with the enemy, conspiracy to commit mutiny and other related offences. During their ‘No case to answer submission, counsels...Read More
Top of Form By Stephen V. Lansana Kumba Manchendeh, and Sahr Mbayo (not their real names) are all transported to mining communities by their foster parents. They took them to the communities with the hope of giving them a better life, but later both minors ended working at the mining sites as laborers. Kumba is 17, an orphan who works as labourer at the Waka Fast mining site at Catanga...Read More
