By George M.O.Williams The University of Sierra Leone had been unable to institute mechanism for the management of credible examinations processes according to the 2020 Auditor General’s report According to the Report it was observed that sampled examination scripts collected at the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) and Fourah Bay College (FBC) revealed that students attempted the examinations at these colleges even when they had not been registered....Read More
By Alusine Sesay The Police Complaint Board has commenced investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death in Makeni on 23rd December 2022 of a 17-month-old child in police cell. The Board said in statement that “it commenced a preliminary investigation into reports of an alleged death of a 17-month old baby, while locked up with her mother in police cell at the Pamlap Police Division in Makeni City on...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources failed to institute effective monitoring, surveillance and control system of fishing activities according to the 2020 Auditor General’s report. The Report indicates that outstation fishing officers were not present to monitor activities of artisanal fishing vessels in landing sites and monofilament nets were still being used by artisanal fishermen even though it has been banned. It was reported that...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Government of Sierra Leone would soon release the “Government’s White Paper on Constitutional Reforms” which it is hoped would account for gaps and lacunae in the 1991 constitution of Sierra Leone, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio said in his new year eve address to the nation. At the State Opening of Parliament in May 2018 it could be remembered that his Excellency stated thus: “In...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Maseray Sei, 21-year-old woman, has died as a result of excessive bleeding after her clitoris was cutat a Bondo bush in Nyandehun village, Imperri Chiefdom, Bonthe District on December 20, 2021, according to a statement from theForum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP), a coalition of 21 organizations working to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It was reported that the deceased MaseraySei was found dead at about 4: 30am...Read More
