By Sorie Ibrahim Fofana
People purporting to be farmers when actually they are not, are going to be weeded out, according to Yatta Samah, the President of the National Federation of Farmers of Sierra Leone.
Yatta was speaking during the weekly press conference by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 10th October this year.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Three hundred and sixty-five applicants are set to take the faculty of Communications, Media and Information Studies at the Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone’s diagnostic exam for the 2023-2024 academic year tomorrow.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
As part of its support to worthy causes, the VEEDFLO Foundation has provided 36 vulnerable Children with school learning materials to help in their education.
The presentation was made during the launch of the foundation with the motto: ‘Creating positive mindset’ at the Armed Forces Technical and Education College (AFTEC) Wilberforce, Freetown on the 7th of October, 2023.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The President of Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WMSL) Eastina Taylor has called on female journalists to promote dialogue and facilitate conversations in an effort to foster peace between conflicting parties in their communities.
By Saio Marrah
Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Jabbie Bio, has during the 2023 Girls Health Summit organized by West Africa Women and Girls Empowerment-Sierra Leone (WAWGE-SL), called for concerted efforts to tackle the harmful drug, Kush.
She made the call during her keynote address at the summit, held at the Freetown City Hall on Tuesday 10th October 2023, with the theme “Breaking Barriers On Adolescent Girls Health.”
By Nasratu Kargbo
Within ten months an estimated one thousand one hundred and seventy-three (1,173) hectares of land have been deforested in the country’s Western Area Peninsular National Park, according to Haja Kaday Sesay from Climate Change, Environment and Forest Conservation Consortium (CEFCON-SL).
By Mabinty M. Kamara
As part of what they described as priority recommendations, the European Union-Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone has called on the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to publish results data by polling station, including results per candidate and per party, the number of registered voters and of valid and invalid votes, in a timely manner and in an easily trackable and downloadable database format in future elections.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
