By Kemo Cham
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the Gambian government to pay 10 opposition figures $100,000 each over a 2016 incident in which they were detained and tortured.
The complainants include Ousainou Darboe, the country’s main opposition leader and head of the United Democratic Party (UDP), as well as nine other top members of the party.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Relatives of a recruit who died while on training have questioned the process of training of recruits by the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF).
Twenty-six year old Sulaiman Marrah, a journalist, died on training in Makeni. Sources said he collapsed while he and his co-trainees were engaged in a running exercise.
By Francis H. Murray
Sierra Leone has moved ten places upwards in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI), according to the latest [2019] report.
This is the most drastic improvement the country has ever made in the last five years, indicating that the Bio administration’s clampdown on corruption maybe working.
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
The Drivers Union of Sierra Leone has rejected calls for drivers to use an alternative route in the course of a planned rehabilitation work on a major highway linking Freetown to the southern Bo District and eastern Kenema District.
The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) announced on Wednesday that it intended to commence work to fix the damaged culvert on the Bo-Tiama Highway at Gbaima Songa, which collapsed about five months ago.
By Hajaratu Kalokoh
The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education will continue to commemorate the International Day of Education today across the country.
Today, January 24th marks the actual day for the occasion but authorities at both ministries have collaborated with the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to use the whole week to celebrate education in the country.
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
Students of the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) have threatened to take to streets of Freetown and march to the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education in protest, if their college doesn’t get a university status by next week.
The students made the threat after a brief demonstration they staged at the college’s Congo Cross campus on 17th January this year.
By Francis H. Murray
The Internal Affairs Ministry, in collaboration with Conscience International, has ended a two-day training for government staff on statelessness.
Statelessness is a situation wherein a person lacks the appropriate documentation that legitimizes their stay in a country.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
