Minister makes a case for Liberian refugees
The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Sheka Tarawallie aka Shekito says it is the duty of the UN refugees agency, UNHCR, and the government of Sierra Leone to continue to engage Liberian refugees without judging them on the fact that the guns have gone silent in their country.
Addressing the committee meeting of UNHCR's high commissioner's programme in Geneva, Switzerland, Tarawallie urged the agency to continue handling refugee matters while the government would ensure a fair "individual refugee status determination process."
"Politics killed Operation WID" - activist
By Kenneth Thompson
Executive Director of Health Alert, a local civil society organisation, says “politicians in the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma are responsible for the demise of operation WID”.
Victor Lansana Koroma told Politico that the operation to clear major Freetown streets of traders started off very well with them as a civil society partner responsible for monitoring the process and ensuring that the mandate of the operation was actualised.
