FDID-SL Press Release

The Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and Development Sierra Leone-FDID-SL totally and in strong terms condemns the act of vandalism against peaceful citizens within St John and Campbell street area, in Freetown by some lawless youths on the 11th May 2012. Our Organization is concerned with the increase in violence, and the perpetrators going scot free.  [...]

Addressing hunger precondition for sustained human development in sub-Saharan Africa

UNDP Report says Food security must be at centre of continent’s development agenda Nairobi, Kenya, 15 May 2012—Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of its people, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) argues in the newly released Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards [...]

IMC Press Release

From: Executive Secretary, IMC To: All Station Managers and Managing Editors The Independent Media commission (IMC) wishes to inform the general public that the media organization/practitioners who were fined for contravention of various sections of the IMC Code of Practice have all paid their fines. The Commission wishes to remind all media practitioners that any [...]

SLPW approves the formation of policy advisory committees

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 – Sierra Leone Policy Watch Incorporated (SLPW) is pleased to announced that at a recent meeting of the Board and Executive, the formation of five advisory committees were unanimously approved.  They include policy committees on Education, Health and Sanitation, Fiscal and Economic and Land Tenure System. Formed to examine policies currently [...]

FDID-SL’s reaction to government white paper on Justice Showers Inquiry

FDID-SL’s reaction on government whitepaper on the Justice Showers Commission of Inquiry on the alleged adoption of 29 Sierra Leone children –  FDID-SL has read the commission’s Report and the government’s whitepaper dealing with same.  FDID-SL was the first and perhaps the only civil society organization championing the course of these unfortunate 29 Sierra Leonean [...]

World Press Freedom Day – Dep. Secretary, Ministry of Information on the media landscape in Sierra Leone

STATEMENT BY EDWARD KWAME YANKSON, ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS,  ON THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN SIERRA LEONE AT THE WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE SKD STADIUM IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA-2ND MAY, 2012 Honourable Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Lewis Brown President of the Press Union of Liberia, Mr. [...]

SLAJ Annual General Meeting, Bo, 27 – 28 April 2012

State of the Association Address – Mr Chairman, distinguished delegates, Good afternoon, and a Happy 51st Independence Anniversary to our country and congratulations to all of us on this day. Often we take this date for granted. But is a date on which we must remind ourselves of how far we have come as a [...]

Minister of Information & Communications statement at SLAJ AGM

Statement by Kwame Yankson on behalf of the Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (in photo) at the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists Annual General Meeting held in Bo on 27-28 April, 2012 Mr. Chairman, Your Worship the Mayor of the Municipality of Bo, members of the Local Governance structure, representative [...]

Prosecutor Hollis hails the historic conviction of Charles Taylor

The Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Brenda J. Hollis, today applauded the conviction of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during its eleven-year civil war. Hollis lauded the conviction as another victory in the fight against impunity. “Today is for the [...]

Press Release – Communiqué between AML management and workforce

Freetown, April 25, 2012 – Communiqué between African Minerals management and representatives of the company’s workforce. Following a strike action by workers of African Minerals that unfortunately led to violence resulting in one fatality, the public will recall that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma promptly constituted and dispatched a high-level delegation led [...]

Press release on Al-Shabab threat directed at RSLAF

The attention of the Government of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) has been drawn to media reports that the Al-Shabab group has threatened to attack the contingent of RSLAF personnel scheduled to be deployed in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Government therefore wishes [...]

President Koroma meets with Belgium Sellers

Special Assistant to the President on Social Affairs Sheka Kamara opened the meeting by giving a background to the events pre-dating the meeting. He noted that allegations about a 65,000 dollars given to Belgium Sellers by President Ernest Bai Koroma.   He noted that following a meeting held yesterday which took about three and half hours [...]

The recent outbreak of violence in Bumbuna, Tonkolili District

Freetown, 23rd April 2012: The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) views with great concern the recent events in Bumbuna Town, Kalasongoia Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, following a protest action by aggrieved workers of the African Minerals Ltd (AML), which has led to the death of one person and the injury of 17 others, including [...]

SLAJ to mark week long World Press Freedom Day activities

Freetown: The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), in collaboration with the United Nations cultural organisation (UNESCO) will be organising week long events in observance of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) on 3rd May, 2012. SLAJ will observe this day to magnify its significance in bringing attention to the plight journalists go through while carrying [...]

Gabon’s Information Minister invites IB Kargbo

The Gabonese Minister of Digital Economy, Communication and the Post has extended an invitation to Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications to participate at the 9th Session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) at the Gabonese Capital, Libreville from 19 – 20 April, 2012. In his invitation letter to Hon. Ibrahim Ben [...]

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