The Sierra Leone
government and its local and international partners
have called
for an end to child marriage as the country marks the
first
International Day of the Girl Child today with the theme, “Child
Marriage”, according to a press release from the UN children's
agency, UNICEF.
Thousands of supporters of the main opposotion Sierra Leone People's party thronged the streets of Freetown yesterday to celebrate the nomination of their presidential candidate Brigadier General (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio and his running-mate Dr Kadi Sesay.
By Alpha Daramy Sesay
Chairman Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Library Board has disclosed that the Kenema library, in the east of the country, has been rated top in terms of readership.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
