By Mustapha Sesay
The Director of Education at the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, Max Conteh has told Politico that Sierra Leone has the lowest wage in the world, with a minimum monthly wage of Le 21,000 (about $ 5). He said this after a press conference held on Wednesday at the Labour Congress office in Freetown.
By Zainab Joaque
A candidate for the up-coming Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) presidential election, Rodney Michael has threatened to sue both the acting General Secretary of the FA, Abdul Rahman Swarray and its Public Relations Officer, Sorie Ibrahim Sesay for "false defamatory statements against my person and damage to my reputation".
USD 4 million has been earmarked for the fight against climate change in Sierra Leone. This was disclosed at an UN organized validation workshop on the theme “Strengthening climate information and early warning systems in Western and Central Africa for climate resilient development and adaption to climate change – Sierra Leone”.
The $ 4 million is to run for a four-year span starting this year.
The Public Accounts Committee in Parliament on Tuesday investigated several ministries, departments and agencies in Kenema District in relation to financial management reported by the Audit Service, Sierra Leone
The list of MDAs includes the Kenema Government Hospital, Ministries of Mines and Mineral Resources and Housing in the East, Provincial Secretary’s Office East, Kenema District Medical Office, Eastern Polytechnic and the Magistrate Court in Kenema.
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
The Community Health Officer in charge of the pediatric ward of the Kenema government hospital, Luseni Rogers says that for the timely intervention of the hospital matron, fire would have destroyed the ward and threatened the whole hospital.
Rogers said that it was the matron who rushed to the scene and put the main electricity switch off just as the cables began to spark around 6:28 pm.
fake drugs being burnt in Kenema
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema and Septimus Senessie in Kono
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
