On Tuesday 20th February, 2024, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Sierra Leone Mr. Frederick Ampiah paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector General of Police – Mr. William Fayia Sellu at his George Street office, Police Headquarters, in Freetown. The team comprised Madam Ilemobola Adomola- Adecehin- Gender and Inclusion Specialist, Alie B Sesay – Senior Rule …

In a bid to bolster efforts towards job creation, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Employment, Labour, and Social Security, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, concluded a productive series of discussions with key institutions in Abuja on Monday, February 19, 2024. The purpose of Minister Swaray’s visit is to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange with counterparts in Nigeria, particularly focusing on innovative job creation …

After an official complaint was made by Tiwai Memory Masters over a bidding process for the supply of High-End Printers and Toners, the Independent Procurement Review Panel has directed the cancellation of the bid process due to ‘unlawful actions”. The IPRP has further directed the Free Quality Education Project Secretariat to readvertise the bid within one week (starting 16th February, …

The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Rt. Hon. Dr. Sidie Mohamed Tunis has concluded a crucial diplomatic endeavor aimed at addressing the current political stalemate in Senegal. The mission, conducted on the 12th and 13th of February 2024, sought to assess the challenges surrounding the postponement of the Presidential elections and provide recommendations to safeguard peace, stability, and democratic processes …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. A woman Military Lawyer, Captain Ballay Yainkain Kamara has led the 14th and 15th prosecution witnesses in the Court Martial trial of twenty seven serving Military Officers, alleged to have been attackers of 26th November, 2023 failed coup in Sierra Leone. The 15th Prosecution Witness (PW15) Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) 18171816 Emmanuel Sesay said he …

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has responsibility to protect life and property; maintain law and order; enforce relevant laws; prevent and detect crimes among others. One critical function the SLP performs in all of these is the production of the General Annual Crime Statistics Report. This Report involves systemic examination of the trends and patterns of crime and disorder. Crime …

The local representative of Karpowership in Sierra Leone has confirmed that, the head office in Turkey, has taken the “painful but necessary decision” to scale down electricity supply to the country’s main grid from 65MW to 5MW due mainly to the Government of Sierra Leone’s failure to meet payment obligation to the company. In November 2023, the Minister of Finance, …

The Chief Minister of Sierra Leone, Dr David Moinina Sengeh, yesterday told the ‘Government Services Forum’ at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that Sierra Leone is using technology and innovation for public service delivery and to improve the lives of citizens. Dr. Sengeh mentioned that Sierra Leone had built digital solutions like a USSD dictionary to complement books and …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Fodeba Daboh has received the “Most Outstanding Local Content Agency Across Africa Award 2024 from African Governance Committee Conference in Mauritius. This award identifies and publicly recognizes sovereign institutions from all across Africa and multilateral institutions active across the continent that have made exemplary contributions to …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. In May 2002, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP was re-elected President for another five-year term, after defeating the APC Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma in a first ballot. Kabbah received 70% of the valid votes cast. His party won 83 seats in Parliament out of the 112 seats contested for in the Parliamentary election. During his …