23-Jan-2019 to 14:43
Sierra Leone: Renewed call for review of new NGO policy
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Non-Governmental Organizations and civil society in Sierra Leone have renewed their call for the government to review a new policy aimed at tightening regulation of their operations.
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Sierra Leone: Parliament summons police chief over ex-VP’s security
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — The vexing issue of the removal of state security from former Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has reached Sierra Leone’s parliament which has demanded an explanation from the country’s police chief.
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Sierra Leone: New Ecowas project seeks to empower female entrepreneurs
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Bio has called on Sierra Leonean women to take full advantage of a new opportunity provided by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to empowerment themselves through the businesses.
Read more12-Jan-2019 to 01:39
Sierra Leone toughens up anti-grant rhetorics
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has reiterated his determination to root out corruption in his government, stressing that there will be no impunity for anyone involved in malpractice.
Read more09-Jan-2019 to 17:18
S/Leone: Ex-junta leader gravely ill
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has ordered the immediate airlifting to Ghana for medical treatment of former junta leader Captain Valentine Strasser who is gravely ill and admitted at a hospital in Freetown.
Read more08-Jan-2019 to 13:09
Sierra Leone: Pressure group calls for urgent judicial reform
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Sierra Leone needs to embark on an urgent judicial reform to enhance justice delivery, a leading human rights and accountability campaign group has said.
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Sierra Leone: 14 jailed opposition supporters get bail
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — A Freetown High Court has granted bail to 14 opposition supporters detained for their involvement in a New Year’s eve riot.
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