Coordinator of the National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives (NACE) in Sierra Leone has been elected Vice Chair of the Tax Justice Network-Africa, TJN-A, at their annual general meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.
Cecilia Christiana Mattia, who has worked in the international development sector for over 15 years, served on the board of TJN-A and is also a member of the multi-stakeholder group of the Sierra Leone Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI).
By Umaru Fofana
Lawyers representing the sacked Vice President of Sierra Leone, Samuel Sam-Sumana are filing papers today, Tuesday 18 October 2016 at the ECOWAS Court in Abuja, challenging his dismissal, one of the lawyers has confirmed to Politico without saying much.
By Prince Musa
The decision by the government to do away with volunteers in health facilities has caused an upset, leading local officials calling for a policy rethink.
Dr Mohamed Vandi, District Medical Officer of Kenema is the latest to raise concern over the controversial policy. Vandi told a stakeholders’ meeting in Kenema on October 12 that the absence of the volunteer nurses in hospitals and public health units had created serious gaps in the health sector.
By Prince Musa
The Office of National Security (ONS), with funds from the UNDP, has conducted a two-day training on disaster management at the District Council Hall on Nyandeyama Road in Kenema. The 14 October training involved participants from the police, military, civil society, fire force and other community stakeholders.
By Prince Musa
Women and girls have been left behind for far too long due to unfavourable traditions and cultural norms, gender activities chide.
The rebuke, which came as part of events commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child, also called for the empowerment of women and girls to enable them participate in all aspects of nation-building and decision-making.
By Umaru Fofana
Today - Monday 17 October 2016 - I travelled to Mile 91 to follow up on Zainab Kamara, the disabled (cripple) woman - a single parent with four children of her own. She has no income besides a backyard garden.
By Kemo Cham
Police in Kambia say they have arrested about a dozen people in an ongoing operation that has unearthed a major fuel smuggling syndicate.
The operation in the northern district is part of government’s clampdown on fuel smuggling in a larger measure imposed to control the economic crisis the country is going through, says Assistant Superintendent of Police Sydney Ola Williams of the Kambia Police Division.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
