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By: Abu Bakarr Buzzo'Kargbo in Bo James BoborDeen, a police Brutality victim in Bo who has been suffering from a pelvic injury since last September after five police officers in Bo allegedly assaulted him, his wife, apprentice and passengers was left crippled and unable to do anything for him since the incident took place. The 47 year old was the only Truck Driver pliying from Bo to Kendema village in the Ngalu Mbagbeh chiefdom Bo District since 2010 and has been helpful to the villagers and the traders in local produce in that part of the country. A father of 7 children and two wives has been unable to do his work as the breadwinner of the family. He narrated his ordeal to All out Radio 92.9FM in Bo that on the night of September 10th 2022 that after coming from his usual trip from the village with goods and 6 passengers at around 2am he was stopped by police officers on a patrol vehicle and he was immediately grabbed by his clothes while on his driving seat and was beaten by t...

By Paul Kamara Email: paulkamara772@gmail.com In a bid to eradicate street trading and unlawful packing within the city, Bo City Mayor Kobba Musa has on Monday 7, August 2023 engaged relevant stakeholders within the transport and business sector. The engagement which took place in the office of the Regional Police Commander South AIG Brima Kanneh, brought together representatives from the Bo City Council including the mayor and his deputy madam Hawa Campbell, Waste Manager Samuel Hinga Navo and the Acting Chief Administrator Henry Powell, Driver Union and Traders Union representatives, Sierra Leone Road Safety Corps, Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority etc. Speaking on the essence of the engagement, mayor Kobba Musa underscored, the meeting was to inform stakeholders present on the council's plan of embarking on massive street clearing thereby putting a stop to street trading and the unlawful packing of vehicles along major streets within the city. He acknowledged that stree...

By: Alhaji K. Tarawally (Laj-K) Ph.D. Candidate (EUCLID, CAR), M.A. IRD (SIU, Germany), MSc IRD (UoR, UK), BA Hons. (FBC, SL),DIP (FBC) International Trips are a crucial part of the President’s responsibility in promoting the interests of Sierra Leone on the global stage. Therefore, President Bio has embarked on those international engagements for the benefit of Sierra Leone. As a result of these international and diplomatic engagements, Sierra Leone for the second time in its history, is set to become a non-permanent member representative of the United Nations Security Council and the sole nominating representative of the West Africa region on June 6th, 2023. This is an important milestone for the African continent as it will hold a seat on arguably the most powerful decision-making body at the UN for the 2024-2025 term. The United Nations Security Council holds annual elections to fill in five non-permanent seats. The elections take place in June of each year, and the newly electe...

By: Charles Champion Conteh -Strategic Communications Unit, MIC On Thursday the 13th of April 2023, the Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, played host to his colleague Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby, on “Leh We Tok To D Minister’, the only Minister talk show that has now become the most popular ‘Facebook live’ programme on Government communications. This is a summary of the discourse for the benefit of those who for one reason or the other could not log on in real time. We hope you log into the Live programme next Thursday. During the two hours Facebook interaction, the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby highlighted a range of issues, starting from where the health status quo was and where it is currently and exclusively spoke about the phenomenal growth in the health sector under President Bio’s watch. Dr. Demby emphasised that under his watch as Minister, Sierra Leone has made some phenomenal reforms including...

By Charles Champion Conteh -Stratigic Communications unit, MIC After an outstanding performance in the Education flagship program during his first five years in office, President Julius Maada Bio has pronounced Agriculture as his next flagship program after he wins the June 24 elections and becomes President for another five years. Before winning the 2018 presidential election, President bio made his commitment to human capital development which has to do with Education, Health and Agriculture, as a sector that fully deserves attention if Sierra Leone is to develop. After winning the election, few months later, he successfully introduced the Free quality education as his main flagship program and allocated 22% of the national budget, the highest ever in the history of Sierra Leone and in the West African Region. Over the past five years of his first term, Sierra Leone has been recognized for her outstanding performance in the sector, which has also made his administration worthy of...

By: Charles Conteh, Guest Writer The aftermath of the well-known uprising that occurred on August 10, six months ago, continues to be a painful experience for the Sesay family in Black Hall, a suburb in Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, as well as in the towns of Makeni, Lungi, and Kamakwie in the Northern provinces. The Sesay family say they’re devastated over the sudden disappearance of their son, Sheik Umar Sesay, who went missing last August whom they have not seen or heard from him for over six months. What adds to their distress they say is a recent raid conducted by the police on their house, resulting in the destruction of his property, but the police claim that Sheik as a suspect is wanted to face further interrogation for allegedly inciting youth to participate in the August 10 demonstration protesting against the high cost of living. According to Sheik's parents, their son was known for his cheerful nature and was beloved by his peers and the elderly for...

By: Sulaiman Stom Koroma Women, Media and Change (WOMEC) in collaboration with Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), the Consortium for Mothers, Children, Adolescents, and Health Policy and Systems Strengthening (COMCAHPSS), West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has awarded nine journalists from West Africa who sent entries for the WNCAW and Sexual Reproductive Health Reporting category.  This event took place at the Alisa Hotel in Ghana. The media award for Excellence is in recognition of the enormous contribution of journalists to the promotion of the health of women, and children in the West African sub-region. Giving an overview and rationale of the wards Dr. Charity Binka who is the Executive Director of WOMEC, said that over the years they have trained journalists who have an interest in reporting gender issues or whose articles have gender balance. Initially, they were purpose to train seventy-five (75) journal...