Sunday 19 October 2014

Sierra Leone diplomats call for collective action to eradicate sexual violence



 385Sierra Leone's top UN diplomat and Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura, and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, Ambassador Ismael Koroma, have called for strong political will and collective action to end sexual violence in armed conflicts and post conflict environments in Africa and the world as a whole.

ACC INDICTS IMPERSONATOR AND EX-MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged to court one MOSES ALIE, a resident of Makeni, for Impersonating an Officer of the ACC and Attempting to Obtain an Advantage contrary to Sections 76 and  41(1) (a) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008.

The Fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone Do we have the needed competent Human Resource (HR) capacity?



By Mohamed C. Bah, former NDA Presidential aspirant, Atlanta, GA-USA.
My beautiful and beloved country of Sierra Leone is still not ready for the fight against the persistent virus that is rapidly killing our innocent citizens in their hundreds if not in their thousands.

PRESS RELEASE from the Office of the President



THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT AS THE UNPRECEDENTED OUTBREAK OF THE DREADFUL EBOLA DISEASE CONTINUES TO CLAIM THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR FRIENDS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE SCALED UP THEIR SUPPORT TO SIERRA LEONE WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING THE EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 17, 2014



Chief of Staff Chairs Inter Agency Social Protection Forum


By State House Communications Unit
The Chief of Staff in the Office of the President Mr. Saidu Conton Sesay on Thursday 16th October chaired the second national inter-agency social protection forum held at State House, Freetown.

Ebola Hardest Hit Countries Urge World Bank to Expedite Emergency Fiscal Support Disbursements


Dr. Marah, Sierra Leone's Finance Minister, and Bank Governor, Mr. Kargbo  
The three Ebola hardest hit West African Countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea) have appreciated in unison the efforts of Dr. Jim Yong Kim President of the World Bank Group (WBG) and its leadership role in promoting the global co-ordination of the fight against the Ebola epidemic, and urged the World Bank Group to “take the necessary steps to ensure that scaled up emergency financial support, and technical and policy advice, are expeditiously disbursed.”