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By Nasratu Kargbo

The Country Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Rev.Alusine Diamond-Suma has said that gender equality is a prerequisite for human rights, democracy, and social justice, adding that it is beneficial to society.

Suma was speaking at a training held on the 14^th June 2023 for members of Sierra Leone Press Gallery (SLPPG) on gender-sensitive reporting. He stated that human rights statutes ban all forms of discrimination on the grounds of gender. 

By Nasratu Kargbo

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and its partners have launched a Terminology Application to aid the public understand disaster-related terms.

The Director of Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness at NDMA, Thomas Lebbie told Politico that the App was created to inform citizens on things that they ought to do and not do.

He stated the information in the App would help citizens to be more informed on what to do and how to protect themselves when a disaster occurs.

By Politico staff writer

In an effort to ensure food sufficiency and food self-reliance in Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International-Sierra Leone has ended a nationwide campaign and awareness raising about the invaluable nutritional and economic benefits of the Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP) grown in the country.  

By Alpha Abu

The Secretary-General of the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Umaru Napoleon Koroma says their party remains confident that the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) will hold credible elections next week.

He was speaking at a news conference at the SLPP headquarters in Freetown on Thursday 15^th June that was called to react to the main opposition Presidential Candidate Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara’s Press Statement issued on the 14^th June 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio during a cocktail to celebrate Sierra Leone’s attainment of the UN Security Council Non-Permanent seat said it affirms his vision of rebranding the country.

President Bio said this at a ceremony held at Freetown International Conference Centre on Monday 12^th June 2023.

By Saio Marrah

The Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) has during its 2023 assessment of the continuous monitoring approach, certified Sierra Leone’s Civil Aviation, after successfully passing the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) Audit with a score of 74.22%, above the 60% Abuja declaration threshold.

This is from the 18% of the 2014 ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) that assessed the country’s progress made in the 2006 USOAP.

By Politico staff writer    

The University of Sierra Leone in partnership with the Broad Institutes - Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has rolled out an intensive one-week training for postgraduate students at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS).