Mayor Aki-Sawyerr has advocated for more investment in and recognition of smaller firms in Africa during her concluding remarks at the Africa Tech Festival. “I really want to encourage more local governments and governments to understand the value that start-ups provide,” she says. There is a growing commitment to the sustainability industry, as seen by

Superintendent Mohamed I Mansaray, the chief of the Media Freetown Metropolitan Police, stated that they are supercharged in their duties. He added that the recent promotion of 85 officers is a morale booster since it “improves efficacy and efficiency, which supports service delivery…” He explained that prior to the promotion the morale has been a

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Solomon Jarmiru emphasized the government’s commitment to preserving data rights during a town hall discussion on data rights and protection at the Radisson Blu hotel in Aberdeen. “…On May 21, 2018, President Julius Maada Bio met with the SLAJ Executive, confirming his manifesto vow to legalize free expression.”

President Bio has signed the Global Pledge on Media Freedom as a commitment by the government to improving media freedom domestically and working together internationally with the Media Freedom Coalition. “My government is pleased to have signed up as a member of the Media Freedom Coalition. We are also pleased to be the 5th country

President Bio has appointed a tribunal to investigate the Auditor General Lara Taylor-Pearce, who has been suspended based on the accusation of breaking the 2016 Financial Management Act, the 2017 Fiscal Management and Responsibility Act, and the 2016 National Public Procurement A A press release from the State House office of the Press Secretary and Spokesman dated

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education’s (MBSSE) 5-Year National Basic Education Transition Examination Analysis 2016-2021, which was published in October of this year, shows that a 27 percent increase passes of the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) yearly than in 2018. According to the MBSSE Transition Examination Analysis, since 2018, 31 percent more

According to a Sierra Leone Correctional Service leak report dated November 16, 2021, Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray “…looks to demonstrate some psychological damage.” The letter on Kamarainba’s medical update, signed by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Tamba Labbie, also diagnosed the convict with severe lower back pain, anxiety, and frequent micturition. His health condition, according to the

The National Electoral Commission has overturned the results of the ward 091 elections. According to a press release dated 15 November 2021 and signed by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Konneh, the Local Council by-election in Ward 091 on Saturday, 13 November, the counting process after the close of polls was disrupted as violence erupted

The judiciary has responded in a press release questioning the credibility of the European Union for such insinuation that a 2019 High Court decision to declare the runners-up in ten constituencies stripped away confidence in the impartiality of the Sierra Leonean judiciary.  The 1991 Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary, albeit some, believe that

Mustapha Brima-Jah in Makeni, in the north of the country, has remanded seven accused persons at the regional correctional center for various criminal offenses including alleged illegal mining. Ikechuku Williams, a Nigerian, and four Ghanaian citizens were alleged to have on  Wednesday 6th October 2021 at Kabba Ferry River, in Tambaka Chiefdom in Bombali District,