By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
A civil society group, Advoc Aid, is calling on the government to repeal the Larceny Act of 1916 saying it has caused only suffering for women rather than serve its intended purpose.
The current Larceny Act categories financial debt as a criminal act and the prescription could lead to prison term. Advoc Aid said women have been sent to prison for money as little as Le250, 000.
The biggest data leak in history, which has been dubbed as ‘Panama Leaks’, seems to have implicated one of the leading preachers of God’s
With Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The ECOWAS [Economic Community for West African States] Commission last week inaugurated its new leadership, headed by Marcel Alain de Souza.
Outgoing President, Kadré Ouedraogo, officially handed over to his successor, de Souza of Benin, at a ceremony in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the seat of power for the West African regional bloc.
By Kemo Cham
Sierra Leone will not shutdown its borders despite the risk of a spillover of the Ebola virus disease from its neighbors – Guinea and Liberia, Minister of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), Dr Abu Bakarr Fofanah, has said. He said last week that border closure was not the right answer to the existing threat of the epidemic on the three neighboring countries, citing the economic implications given the cross border trade among the three countries and their “political brotherhood”.
By Kemo Cham
A partnership between Sierra Leone’s largest maternity hospital, the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), and the Johns Hopkins University will help to tackle the dire state of maternal morbidity and mortality in the country, health officials disclosed last week.
The partnership is aimed at strengthening Sierra Leone’s health system and build human capacity in women’s reproductive health, they said.
The hospital said a six-man delegation, comprising doctors and nurses, was in the country as part of an assessment tour.
By Kemo Cham
The Sierra Leone Government last week directed that all health facilities begin providing free health care for Ebola survivors. The directive came after a noisy demonstration staged by the survivors complaining neglect.
Hundreds of survivors: men, women and children, on Monday 4 April, descended on State House holding placards with messages drawing attention to their plight.
Empty schools in Kono, following schools reopening
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
