The Consortium of Civil Society Organizations on Social and Economic Justice has called on the Government of Sierra Leone to amicably resolve the matter between itself and Chinese Gouji Development and Investment Company. The Chinese-owned Company was brought into Sierra Leone by Late President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in 2003, and in 2004 the Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Trade, signed an investment contract with the Company....Read More
The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has on Thursday January 28, 2021 drew the attention of the Government of Sierra Leone through media practitioners on findings of a national conference which concluded that the constitutional review process should he restarted in Sierra Leone. It could be recalled that CARL with support from Action Aid Sierra Leone (AASL) held a conference which was themed: “A call for a...Read More
Traders in a market at Pepeh Wharf in Tombo, a ‘village’ in the Western Rural District have on Thursday January 11, 2021, said that there is no toilet in the market which has necessitated open air defecation along the seashore in the wharf. According to Adama Jalloh, the Deputy Chairlady in the market, for over decades now the market has no market. He added that traders and regulars at the...Read More
Three Artists from Sierra Leone have been nominated for International music Awards to take place later this year. Benjamin Menelik George, aka Drizilik was nominated in the category of Listeners’ Choice in the Music Television (MTV) Base Awards 2021, alongside Tiwa Savage of Nigeria, Khaligraph Jones of Kenya etc. This Award ceremony will be hosted by the American Iconic and legendary Music Producer, DJ Khalid, on February 20 in Kampala,...Read More
Debt service relief is a key instrument for countries to manage the impact of the COVID crisis. The IMF in April 2020 launched an urgent fundraising effort that would enable its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust Fund (CCRT) to provide further debt service relief to countries most seriously affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Initially established in February 2015 during the Ebola outbreak, the CCRT now seeks to provide debt service...Read More
