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Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:33 GMT
138 Unlicensed Local Arm Manufacturers in Sierra Leone - Survey
[Concord] A national survey of local gun manufacturers carried out by the Network Research Consulting Services on behalf of the Sierra Leone National Commission on Small Arms (SLeNCSA) has captured a total of 138 unlicensed local gun manufacturers wi...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:31 GMT
Convict Gets 10 Years Jail Term for Sexual Abuse
[Concord] 37-year- old Yusuf Mohamed Conteh was sentenced by Justice Mohamed Bawoh to ten years imprisonment after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14- year-old child in Freetown.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:30 GMT
District Human Rights Committee Members Empowered to Monitor GBV Cases
[Concord] District Human Rights Committees are a body of trained individuals that monitor the implementation of international, regional, and local instruments, laws, and policies of human rights in their respective districts.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:27 GMT
ACC Urges Gbalamuya Customs Staff to Protect Public Revenue
[Concord] The Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the North-West Region, Al-Hassan Sesay on Tuesday 30th August, 2022 told public officers at the Gbalamuya Customs post at the Sierra Leone/ Guinea border that government revenu...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:25 GMT
UNFPA Reviews Programs With Implementing Partners
[Concord] UNFPA has on Thursday, September 1st held a midyear meeting with implementing partners to review its programs in Sierra Leone.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:23 GMT
Pre-Budgetary Preparation - Vulnerable Groups Engage Guma Valley, NACSA for Budgetary Inclusion
[Concord] Budget Advocacy Network BAN, and vulnerable groups including the King George Home for the Aged and the Network of People living with HIV/AIDS NETHIPS, on Thursday September 1, engaged and presented to Guma Valley Water Company and National ...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:20 GMT
APC Resolves Impasses, Promises Victory in 2023 Elections
[Concord] Following an unceasing disagreement within the Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) of the All Peoples' Congress Party (APC), the committee has finally on Wednesday August 31st 2022 informed members of the party and the general ...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:58:18 GMT
Kingho Donates Additional 100 Bags of Cement to Makeni Military Hospital Construction
[Concord] Kingho Mining Company, a subsidiary of Leone Rock Metal Group has on Tuesday 30th August 2022 done an additional donation of one hundred (100) bags of cement to the construction of a level 2 hospital in the Military 4th Infantry Brigade, Te...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:18:59 GMT
Bridges, Schools, Hospitals and Water Pipes Damaged
[Agenzia Fides] Freetown -- From August 14 to 17 and August 27 to 28, 2022, Sierra Leone was affected by a series of floods that devastated some areas of the country, leaving more than 10,000 people homeless. Caritas Freetown, in a statement to Agenz...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:36 GMT
Over Musa 'Timbo' Kamara Saga - Bo Rangers Chairman Clarifies
[Concord] Chairman of Bo Rangers Football Club, Babadi Kamara, has made further clarifications just a day after his club confirmed the termination of their top striker and last season's Sierra Leone premier league golden boot winner.

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:33 GMT
Health Ministry Leads Plan for Community Scorecard Training Programme
[Concord] The Ministry of Health and Sanitation, with support from African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), has on the 28 & 30 August 2022 conducted an inception planning meeting on a Community Score Card (CSC) programme. The CSC is a management ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:30 GMT
ACC Takes Preventive Measures to Kambia District Council
[Concord] In its drive to address corruption issues in service delivery institutions, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) North West Regional Office has on Monday 29th August, 2022 engaged staff and volunteers of the Kambia District Council on vario...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:27 GMT
ACC North-West Manager Urges Standard in Education Sector
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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:23 GMT
U.S. Ambassador Reimer Briefs Press On Activities
[Concord] The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone has engaged newsmen on the U.S. activities in Sierra Leone. The roundtable engagement took place on Wednesday, August 31st at the Embassy's press conference room in Freetown.

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:38:19 GMT
ACC Engages Kenema Government Hospital
[Concord] The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Eastern Region office has, on Wednesday 17th August, 2022 engaged the hospital management of the Kenema Government Hospital on various corruption allegations, ranging from the proliferation of the free h...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:42:48 GMT
African World Airlines to Suspend Flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa World Airlines (AWA), a regional airline based in Accra, Ghana, has announced the suspension of its flights from Monrovia and Freetown due to high operation costs resulting from the rising cost of jet fuel.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:16:24 GMT
FBC Election: Alfred Sesay Vs. Salamatu Kakay
[Concord] So let glance a bit at student politics as race to replace the first female president of the Fourah Bay College (FBC) Student Union Government is expected to take place this week.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:16:23 GMT
Aftermath of Torrential Rains in Freetown - Seven Dead, Property Destroyed
[Concord] A continuous downpour of torrential rain experienced since the early hours of Sunday ,August 28,has led to the loss of lives and destruction of property in various disaster-prone communities across Freetown.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:16:14 GMT
Magburaka Parents Applaud JMB's Summer School
[Concord] The maiden edition of Julius Maada Bio SLPP Summer School has been widely appreciated by parents in Constituency 050 in Magburaka Town, Tonkolili district, northern Sierra Leone, where half a thousand pupils are currently benefiting from a ...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:16:12 GMT
MPs Commend Slra's Successes
[Concord] Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Planning and Economic Development in the Sierra Leone Parliament have commended the management and staff of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) for the successes made in the road sub-sector in t...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:16:09 GMT
Call to Extradite Adebayor
[Concord] A group of Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) members in the United States, led Desmond Pessima has delivered a protest letter to the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, demanding the extradition of Adebayo to Sierra Leone.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:15:58 GMT
Mismanagement of the City's Resources Contributes to Flooding Across Freetown - President Bio
[Concord] President Julius Maada Bio has stated that years of poor urban planning and mismanagement of the city's resources were enormous contributors to flooding across Freetown.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:19:17 GMT
Eight Killed After Heavy Rain Causes Floods and Landslides
[allAfrica] At least eight people have lost their lives after torrential rains caused floods and landslides in an informal settlement in Looking Town in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:52:39 GMT
Female Genital Mutilation 'Amounts to Torture,' Impunity Must End - UN Experts
[UN News] UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:52 GMT
Murdered Police Officers Given State Funeral
[Concord] The 6 police officers who were killed in an anti-government protest on August 10th have on Tuesday been laid to rest at the Hastings Police Training School in Freetown.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:50 GMT
Government Increases Salaries, Allocates Fuel to Health Workers
[Concord] The Ministry of Finance has approved the allocation of financial resources to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation for the welfare of Health Care Workers to address concerns of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA).

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:48 GMT
Referee Duo to Officiate in WAFU Zone a U-20 Tourney
[Concord] The Confederations of Africa Football, CAF has nominated Sierra Leonean duo; Micheal Conteh and Mohamed K. Koroma to officiate in this year's West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone A U-20 Tournament, which will be held in Mauritania.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:47 GMT
Health Minister Interacts With Health Reporters Network
[Concord] Executive members of the Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone (HRN-SL) on Friday 19th August 2022 held a fruitful discussion with Sierra Leone Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Austin Demby at his Youyi Building Office in Freetown.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:44 GMT
Social Media and the Challenges of Fake News, Incitement and Hate Speech
[Concord] Among trending social media images claimed as perpetrators of the August 10 violence is a Nigerian rapper, Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun, nicknamed Dagrin. He died twelve years ago. Yet he was recently declared wanted by the Sierra Leone poli...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:40:43 GMT
Four Years of Free Quality Education -
[Concord] -Govt. paid over Le500 billion tuition fees



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