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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A Court Order has instructed the Directors of the Sierra Leone Association of Women in Journalism (SLAWIJ) to take necessary steps to convene an Annual General Meeting (AGM) with immediate effect or not later than 30^th September, 2024, and urged that they grant all members the full rights of notification, access and participation.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The suspended Deputy Auditor General, Tamba Momoh has in a press statement dated 12th July 2024 responded to a recent press statement from State House directing the Audit Service board to take the necessary procedure for his removal along with the Auditor General.

By Saio Marrah

The second accused in the ongoing treason trial has said in his defence that together with his co-inmate they were severely tortured to the extent that his cell mate died at a police station in Freetown.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Ahead of the submission of the tripartite report to President Julius Maada Bio, the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) led a nation-wide regional stakeholder engagement in Bo, Kenema, Makeni and PortLoko during which citizens called for an inclusive, participatory and accountable implementation of the recommendations of the tripartite committee’s report.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Chief Minister, Dr.David Moinina Sengeh has urged the Ministry of Health to do all they could to reduce maternal mortality to Zero by 2038.

Sengeh made this call on the 2nd July 2024 at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown at the launch of the Pregnancy Registration and Service Tracking (PReSTrack) app by the Ministry of Health together with the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI).

By Saio Marrah

In order to solicit more complaints of sexual abuse in schools, pupils have called on the education ministry to send supervisors to whom they would be confident enough to report cases of sexual harassment and abuse that they face in schools.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of Parliament have expressed serious concern and dissatisfaction over their inability to amend certain agreements that are brought to them for approval. The Speaker of Parliament Segepoh Solomon Thomas promised that he’ll ensure they amend that part of the law which barred parliament from making amendments in agreements, constitutional and statutory instruments.