The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) southern region office has on Thursday, February 3, 2022, a trained employees of over 50 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Bo on how to complete the online assets declaration form. The assets declaration is an accountability tool meant to promote integrity in public life and as well prevent public officials from participating in corruption. In his statement, ACC’s Regional Manager, South, Momodu Sittar underscored...Read More
The Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone, Mr. Du Zijun has disproved media report titled: “Illegal Fishing by Chinese Fishing Vessels in Sierra Leone”. The Chinese diplomat described the report as groundless and entirely untrue. See full statement Below: “Statement by Mr. Du Zijun, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone, on the Report of So-Called Illegal Fishing by Chinese Fishing Vessels in Sierra Leone The...Read More
A Sierra Leonean celebrity,Haja Mariama Kamara aka China Nicky has said that she was jailed in Bahamas after she was allegedly duped by her Manager Ejatu Barrie. She made this statement while explaining her ordeal in Bahamas during a live Facebook interview recently. She explained that on December 20, 2019, Bahamas immigration officers visited her home requesting her passport but was unable to produce it because it was at the...Read More
Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu has made it categorically clear that he is not against the Bondo Society, but share the concern of campaigners that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) be outlawed in the country. His comment came on Thursday following a petition submitted to him in his Chambers at Parliament Building by Anti-FGM Campaigners led by Rugiatu Nenneh Koroma nee Turay for onward transmission to the Head...Read More
The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) has held a one-day closing and reflections session on their accomplishments in implementing the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) project after four years of activities in Sierra Leone. The Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) established in nine cities seeks to deliver transformative research and capacity-building for innovation in policy and planning to produce equal cities. The Cockle Bay, Dwarzark...Read More
