By Bampia James Bundu
IMF praises Sierra Leone
Head of the International Monetary Fund’s recent mission to Sierra Leone has observed that the country’s"economic growth accelerated to15.2 percent in 2012, reflecting the emergence of large-scale iron ore extraction as well as sustained expansion in agriculture, services, and construction.”
Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyisaid real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was projected to grow at 13 percent in 2013.
Minister vows to chase out squatters
By Crispina Cummings
Sierra Leone's Minister of Lands, Musa Tarawallie has vowed to parliament that he is out to wage war against squatters, calling them “lawless land grabbers and encroachers” of especially state lands in the Western Area.
He was before the House Committee on Lands to explain how he hoped to deal with the perennial problems associated with land acquisition and distribution. He admitted to poor record keeping, illegal transactions and lawlessness in land issues in the ministry.
Amnesty International catalogues Sierra Leone Police
The international human rights group, Amnesty International has released a catalogue of abuses by members of the Sierra Leone Police. In its annual report, it gives a case-by-case account of police heavy-handedness against civilians including the killings of unarmed civilians, peaceful demonstrators and another innocent motorcyclist. The full report released today follows:
Feature: Amnesty International catalogues Sierra Leone
ENCISS assures civil society
By Jenneh Braima
With support fromENCISS, astate and non-state actor interface organization, civil society organisations have concluded a one-day validation forum on the outcome of their previous engagement with Western Area civil society groups.
Representative of Christian Aid, Kadie Jumu noted that it was a challenge for all CSOs to make good use of the validation forum so that they could come up with formidable resolutions and vote for ten Western Area representatives on the ENCISS Board.
