By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A local nongovernmental organisation, Conscience International, has urged government to ratify laws dealing with the protection and reduction of stateless individuals in the country.
Amidst controversy, Shooting Stars off to Accra
The national U-20 football team selected by the Sierra Leone Football Association left for Accra last evening on board a Kenya Airways Flight, amidst heated controversy ignited by sport minister Paul Kamara, who accused the SLFA of selecting an "illegal" team.
The team left Freetown following the intervention of Public Affairs minister Kemoh Sesay who asked his ministerial colleague to allow the team to make the trip to Accra. He said all issues raised by Minister Paul Kamara would be addressed upon the team’s return.
Ten battle for Miss Sierra Leone
Contestants
By Bampia James Bundu
Ten contestants from 10 provincial districts will on 24 May 2014 battle for the Miss Sierra Leone 2014 beauty crown.
Police blamed for Kissy suicide
By Mabinty Kamara
Police at Kissy Barracks, eastern Freetown, are under pressure from community people to explain how come they were unable to prevent a 35-year-old man Mohamed Sesay from committing an apparent suicide after he had previously attempted to do so.
Pujehun police recover missing gun
By Mohamed T Massaquoi
Police in Pujehun have confirmed the recovery yesterday of a missing AK 47 machine gun
that went missing on Friday 16 May with 30 rounds of ammunition.
It was found at the Holy Family Primary School, a stone's throw from the police station. Its disappearance had led to the detention of the OSD police officer to which it had been assigned.
$25,000 for Makeni Marathon
By Bampia James Bundu
The Chief Commercial Director of the mobile phone company Africell says his company has donated US$25,000 worth of communication materials towards the 2014 Street Child Sierra Leone Marathon to be held in Makeni.
Joe Abass Bangura was speaking at the official launch of the Marathon at Africell Headquarters at Wilberforce in Freetown. He said they owed it as a responsibility to the country to help street children by providing support to ‘Street Child Sierra Leone’, who are the organisers of the marathon.
USL, MDAs, CSOs call for robust data alignment
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
The University of Sierra Leone, together with ministries, departments and agencies and civil society organisations, has called for robust data collection and analysis, if the country should meet any of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set for 2015.
