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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON)✍️ Following the recent riots in Makeni that led to the lost of six souls, Campaign for Human Rights and Development International West African (CHRDI) and the West African Network for Peace Building in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone have held a day Public Advocacy and Community Sensitization with the people of Makeni, Bombali District in the Northern Region of Sierra Leone.  The day’s engagement which was held at the Makeni City Council Hall along station road, attracted the attention of the Paramount Chief of Gbanti Chiefdom, PC Masayali N’tham III, the Commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade, representatives of the Makeni Union of Youth Groups, the City Mayor, Political parties, PPRC, APPA, Journalists among other representatives were from Ministries, Agencies and Departments in the municipality unanimously added their voices to the discussion, mourned the death of the fallen souls at the same time condemned the actions of some ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON)✍️ With support from the Government of Sierra Leone, the National Commission for Persons with Disability-(NCPD) has disbursed the sum of Nine Million, One Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand Leones (Le 9,194,000) each to seven Disable Persons Organizations based in the North-East and North-West regions of the Country. The disbursement which took place at the NCPD Regional Office North situated along Frontier Road in Makeni city, Bombali District brought together representatives and heads of all seven DPOs that were rationally selected to benefit from the grant which is meant to support projects of Disable Persons Organizations during this time of COVID-19 in all seven districts in the Northern Region. In her welcome address, Madam Beatrice Koroma, the NCPD Northern Region Coordinator offered prayers for the National Executive, DPO Heads and representatives who have travelled from other districts to Makeni return home safely. She concluded her address ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON)✍️ As they make progress in improving the lives of farmers involved in Cashew cultivation and Honey production in Kambia, Bombali, Karene and Port Loko district, Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) with support from the European Union has offered four days capacity building training to nineteen (19) staff of the Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) Sierra Leone and two extension staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and two field staff from MADAM (a local NGO) in Bombali on Cashew and Honey Production Technology . According to COOPI Program Manager, Muhammad Monoarul Islam, the training which is conducted in Makeni city will end on Friday 28th August 2020. He mentioned that it is part of their agenda to accelerate production and productivity of cashew in the country. The Pro-Resilience Action (ProACT 2015) aimed at improving food and nutritional security status of their targeted communities in the northern Sierra Leone. “We have been ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON)✍️ With support from IFAD, the Agricultural Value Chain and Development Project-(AVDP) in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone has on Thursday, August 20, donated seed rice and farming tools to eighty-five inland Valley Swamps-(IVS) farmers groups at Robole Junction, Makoloh 1 and 2 communities located in the Tonkolili and Bombali district in the northeastern region of the country. A high powered delegation comprising staff of AVDP Bombali and MAFS Tonkolili led by the Deputy Minister-I of Agriculture and Forestry, Samking Koihinah Braima, who was on an evaluation tour visited and engaged group leaders in all three communities. The delegation upon arriving at Robole Junction community, proceed to one of the IVS farm site before a symbolically presentation of the seeds rice and other production materials to Pa. Joseph Kalokoh, a lead farmer, with 13 years IVS-farming experience was done by the minister, who admonished beneficiaries to o...

COOPI has successfully launched “Media Engagement in Agriculture” initiative in July 2020 in operating district through organizing day long workshop with public and private media personnel in the targeted districts. 80 media personnel in 4 districts of Bombali, Kambia, Port Loko and Karene  participated in the workshops. COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale is implementing “Fostering Smallholder Agriculture in Sierra Leone” (Pro Resilience Action 2015”) project with funding from European Union to reduce the food insecurity, malnutrition and increase income for the farmers in vulnerable communities of Northern and North West Districts (Kambia, Port Loko, Karene and Bombali) of Sierra Leone. In last few years of implementation of Nutrition, food security and agricultural value chain interventions, COOPI has identified labour shortage as a big factor in terms of quality and quantity to perform smart and profitable agriculture in these districts.  This challenge can be overcome by engaging ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Forgetting or ignoring the past suggests that we are refusing to learn a noteworthy lessons as a nation and thus stand the greatest possibility of reverting to our old ways. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report points out that many of the dire conditions that gave rise to the 1991 conflict still remain... As in the late 1980s, (and up to date) many young adults continue to occupy urban ghettoes where they languish in the twilight zone of unemployment and despair. Thus, allowing the devil to give jobs to the idle hands and that has giving rise to sporadic act of violent conflict involving youth across the country and Makeni city is not an isolation.  Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) with support from Africa Transitional Justice Legislative Fund (ATJLF) enhanced dialogue with key stakeholders on the causes and impacts of youth violence in Northeastern city of Makeni. In Makeni, a bulk number of violence related cases in courts whether tried ...

Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Meet the Author It is a month now since the Makeni incident of horror took place but the wound of the distardly incident is still festering! The killings and destruction of public and private properties are still deeply entrenched in the minds of sons and daughters of Makeni with a mixture of bitterness, disdain and sorrow. Two of the remains have been buried but the remaining four continue to pierce the sad memories and bitter reactions of residents of a city that is yet to come to terms with the fundamental root causes of an action that has caused irreparable loss. The burial has been segmented and significantly delayed due to prolonged negotiations involving the security sector, bereaved families and local leaders, inclusive of the district representatives in Parliament. The security sector is concerned about potential eruption of violence that will jeopardize the fledging peace and stability. This is due, in part, to security intelligence gathered and, ...