By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Irish Aid has donated ICT equipments to the Agriculture ministry. The equipments which are computers and printers are meant to support the district secretariats of the Early Warning System (EWS) program.
Irish Aid is an international aid agency and a lot of their work focuses on nutrition. They expect the district secretariats to gather more specific data for chiefdoms, towns and even villages.
By Mohamed T Massaquoi
People who construct houses without permit risk having their structures demolished, the Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure has warned residents of Pujehun.
An official said they were stepping up sensitization against construction in disaster prone zones like swampy areas which have contributed to recurrent flooding and loss of properties in the disaster prone district.
By Mustapha Sesay
One of the functions of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is set to be divulged to another autonomous body by a bill that is soon to go through parliamentary approval.
By Umaru Fofana
Sierra Leone government has reacted concernedly to the publication yesterday by the US government of a list of 57 individuals and 42 entities whose “property and interests in property” have been blocked for allegedly financing Hizbollah in Lebanon.
According to the US federal registry, they include seven Sierra Leoneans of Lebanese origin or businesses linked to them.
Presidential spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay told Politico that
By Umaru Fofana
The Presidents of Ivory Coast and Guinea have signed a commitment to remove roaming charges on mobile phone telecommunications in the Mano River Union (MRU) countries, the head of Sierra Leone’s telecoms regulator, NATCOM, has told Politico.
Momoh Konteh says a meeting on Monday in the Guinean capital, Conakry “will bring together all four MRU member countries [including]…Liberia and Sierra Leone to sign an agreement to let the ONE AREA NETWORK come into force”.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The European Union Commission has given Sierra Leone a yellow card for its non compliance in fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
According to the Head of European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone, Ambassador Peter Versteeg, the decision was taken to have countries fully respect their international obligations.
“We expect the government of Sierra Leone to engage in dialogue and develop an action plan,” Versteeg said at a press conference in Freetown on Wednesday.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
