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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah The Director- General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ret. Lt. General Brima Sesay has in the official launch of the Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Financing Strategy and Implementation Plan at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown said they have recorded four hundred and ninety-two disaster incidences across the country since the

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Commenting on their press release dated 19th of March this year, which speaks to the compliance to the Work Permit Act 2023, Acting Director General, Ministry of Employment Labour Social Security, Sinneh Bockarie has told Politico that foreign workers defaulting on payments for work permit will face fines and other penalties. Bockarie made this

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah The Director General of the Guma Valley Water Company, Maada S. Kpenge has said they would need to build ten new dams within fifteen years, but within five years, they would need to have four, highlighting one dam at Hamilton, two at Regent, and another one at Congo. Kpenge made this disclosure at government’s weekly press briefing at the Ministry of

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Ninety-three percent of Head Teachers have expressed concerns over delays in the ‘timely’ arrival of school subsidies, according to research recently published by the National Partnership for Social Accountability (NPSA) on the State of Education in Sierra Leone 2023. The report which was launched at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Sierra Leone has been asked to send more Police personnel to South Sudan and Somalia for peacekeeping duties. This was stated by Police Director of Crime Services, Commissioner Joseph Ibrahim Lahai during a press briefing at the Police Headquarters in Freetown last week. He said despite drawdowns in peacekeeping missions in the two countries, Sierra

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) boss, Francis Ben Kaifala on Wednesday openly displayed to Journalists bundles of the Leone currency equivalent of 4,300,000,000 Old Leones (four billion three hundred million) which he said were stolen monies recovered from six Government officials that are currently under ACC investigation.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah In bid to expedite crimes cases, the Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Police, Joseph Ibrahim Lahai has launched a five-day training programme for ten police officers on crime investigations including operating a forensic device. The event took place at the Kingtom Police facility, Freetown on Monday 22nd January, 2024. The ten officers selected from

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah As part of plans to curb electricity theft in Sierra Leone, the Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay Ph.D. has disclosed plans for a review of the Act that would ensure ‘aggressive’ penalties are categorized based on electricity crimes committed. Sesay made this statement to journalists in a weekly press conference held by the Ministry of Information

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Senior Regulatory Officer at the Drug Evaluation and Registration Department of the Sierra Leone Pharmacy Board, Dr. Sheku S. Mansaray has criticized the practice of drug peddling, saying it’s illegal. Dr. Mansaray who was speaking to Politico at the Pharmacy Board headquarters in Freetown on 18th August said medicine “peddlers are illegal drug

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah A Press Release dated 14th January 2024 from the National Grand Coalition (NGC) has criticised the Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Abass Bundu, for ‘aiding and abetting’ alleged corruption by Clerk of Parliament, Paran Tarawally. ‘’The NGC finds it appalling that despite the serious allegations against the Clerk of Parliament, no concrete steps have been