By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay The Sierra Leone Football Association has said that they have not postponed or cancelled their elective congress amidst looming fears about the Coronavirus. In an interview with Politico on Thursday, the Head of Media at the FA, Ibrahim Kamara, said they would assess the situation once the date for the congress gets closer. The elective congress is
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay To mark the International Day of the Girl Child, Plan International organized up to 500 girls across the country to take over the House of Parliament in Sierra Leone for a day. The symbolic event offered the girls the opportunity to raise their voices against issues like sexual violence. Girls from all over the country occupied the seats of
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay Residents of Docorty community have complained to Politico over the lack of pipe borne water in their community. They said the community has gone more than two months without pipe borne water, following a sudden halt of a Guma Valley water extension project in the area. Docorty is a vast community located at the back of Wilkinson Road, Freetown. The
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay and Francis H. Murray Residents of Kissy Dockyard are on edge after the manufacturing company, G. Shankerdas and Sons Limited was hit by what is suspected to be a wave of Covid-19 cases. At least two people are said to have fallen ill, one of whom is reported to have dead. As a consequence, the company has been forced to halt its operations and its
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay Hundreds of Fourah Bay College students protesting on Monday 14 March against the college’s administration of tuition fees and handling of registration processhave called for a complete change in the current governance system. A state house communication released last night called on the ministry of education, the college authorities and