By Mabinty M Kamara
Human Rights Defenders Network Sierra Leone HRDN-SL has in a press release urged the government, especially the office of the Antony General and Minister of Justice, to immediately acquit and discharge Hassan Samba Yarjah, a senior staff of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRC-SL).
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The far eastern headquarter town of Kailahun was placed under curfew over the weekend after police interrupted violent clashes between supporters of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
It all bordered on campaigning for a forthcoming parliamentary by-election.
By Mabinty Kamara
The World Bank country manager, Parminder Brar, has said the Sierra Leone government needed to do more in terms of developing its citizens. He said so at the launch of the second phase of the country’s post-Ebola recovery programme, dubbed the President’s Recovery Priorities (PRP). The event was staged in the northern town of Magburoka on Monday.
By Mustapha Sesay
It is evident that the All People’s Congress-led government has spent considerable amount of money on road infrastructure to ease transportation difficulties that has plagued the country for decades. But not much effort has been seen in the area of sea transportation, yet the country is cloaked in a web of rivers and the Atlantic Ocean.
By Mabinty Kamara
Mohamed Kargbo, Project Manager of the Peagie Woobay Scholarship Foundation (PWSF), has described girls as drivers of change in society. He said that’s why the organization was focused on empowering girls through education and mentoring.
By Mustapha Sesay
Students of polytechnics and teacher training colleges across the country went to campus yesterday just to be told to “go home”. Their lecturers have started an indefinite sit-down strike which, they say, they are in no hurry to call off until their demands are met, according to their Vice President, Mohamed Shaw.
Thousands of students are affected especially coming as it does at a time when they are either writing their exams or are preparing to do so in the coming days.
By Mabinty M Kamara
The city of Freetown is becoming notorious for indiscriminate garbage disposal. There is garbage all around the place, from back of school fences to market places, and even in cemeteries.
This has got some concerned citizens worried, prompting a debate on who is to be held responsible for the situation.
The Freetown City Council (FCC) is mandated by law to ensure the city is clean, but it is currently doing so through an intermediary, a privately run cleaning company called Masada, which it has accused of incompetence.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
