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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanh

Updating the media on the recent collapsed five-floor building at SS Camp in Freetown amidst the heavy rains in July this year, the Deputy Executive Director of National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), John Vandi Rogers has said three people were killed and five others injured.

Rogers was speaking at the Government’s weekly press conference on 30th July 2024, about the torrential rains in July that led to the deaths of some six people across the city and destruction of property

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) together with the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), 50/50 Group, Initiative for Legal Research and Advocacy for Justice (ILRAJ), the Eminent Women Peace Mediators Sierra Leone (EWPM-SL) and the Citizen’s Barray have through the Rights to Access Information Law requested a copy of the final report of the tribunal set up to investigate the suspended Auditor-General, Lara Tailor-Pearce and her Deputy, Tamba Momoh.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

As part of Sierra Leone’s agenda during its presidency at the United Nations Security Council meeting this August, the country is set to promote the issues of Women peace and security in Africa and the world at large through debate to be held on the 7^th of August this year.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francess Alghali said the country has a unique experience when it comes to peace, women and security issues as a result of the 11 years civil war.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

A recently published report by Afrobarometer, with support from the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), has shown that 77% of Sierra Leoneans reject military rule, a drop from 83%.

The report titled African Insights 2024 focuses on democracy on the African continent, taking into account 39 countries.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

President Julius Maada Bio has promised to improve the economy though he acknowledged that times are hard.

Bio made this statement at a town hall engagement with citizens from all regions across the country on 23^rd July, 2024, at the Bintumani Conference hall in Freetown, where he was responding to numerous questions citizens had asked through online . The event was organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education.

By Alpha Abu

At the Mezzanine hall within the Bank of Sierra Leone, in Freetown, serving and past members of staff of the institution, executives of other commercial banks and other invited personalities converged last week to heap praises on the country’s central bank for its resilience and successes as it starts commemoration of 60 years of service.

The historic emergence of BSL had its roots back in March 1963 and by then serving as the centre for the issuing of bank notes for all former british colonies in West Africa.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

President Julius Maada Bio has said he would demolish structures that he said have encroached on the greenbelt areas surrounding Guma Valley dam-the main source of water supply for residents of Freetown and parts of the rural district.

Bio made this statement at a Town Hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education on 23rd July 2024 at the Bintumani Conference hall in Freetown, where he responded to numerous online questions sent to him.