By Stephen V. Lansana The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Madam Fatmata Wurie on Thursday, November 2, 2023, held a peace dialogue with the chairladies of Traders associations in Freetown, at the Freetown City Council Hall, 4th Floor in Freetown. The event was attended by the…

By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry has on Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 engaged the development partners in a one-day roundtable conference, at the Ministry’s conference Hall, Youyi Building in Freetown. The conference was attended by Experts…

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The Persons with Disability Act was enacted in May 2011. More than 12 years later, persons with disabilities cannot receive a Permanent Disability Certificate to make them eligible to all the rights and privileges provided under the Act. Just under 2% of the country’s population is living with various forms…

By Famah Gbow Ideal Technology, a local Community-Based Organisation that operates in Bo District, Southern Sierra Leone, has recently distributed free solar backpacks to 200 school-going pupils in three communities including Gondama Timbo, Sembehun Kokofela, and Kangaa Communities in Bo District. Even though electricity is a key necessity to quality…

The Director General of Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA), Mr. Fodeba Daboh, and other senior government officials recently attended the seventh International Summit & Exhibition for Applied Education and TVET at the Hunan International Convention & Exhibition Center, Changsha in China. The summit on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, to…

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 25th July 2023 debated and approved with unanimity the First Report of The Committee on Appointments and the Public Service in the Sixth Parliament, chaired by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Hon. Mathew Sahr Nyuma. The following presidential nominees…

George Kamara [Not his real name] works in “Dama pit”, an underground gold mining site in Salowa Village, Penguia Chiefdom in Kailahun. The 17-year-old is part of a group that draws the gravel from the pit. George relies on this part-time job to pay for his education. He is a…

The Christian Lawyers Centre (hereinafter referred to as LEGAL LINK) has on Wednesday, 8th March 2023, celebrated International Women’s Day by holding motivational talks with inmates at the Female Correctional Centre in Freetown and also making donations to them. Some of the donated materials include sanitary pads, toiletries, deodorants, water…