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 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
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay The United States has defended its decision to extend visa sanction against Sierra Leoneans, saying that despite efforts by the Freetown government to comply with its deportation orders, delays in processing documents for those identified for deportation has stifled the process. The US Embassy in Freetown made the point in a factsheet sent to Politico
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay The District COVID-19 Emergency Response Center (DICOVERC) in Pujehun has informed Politico that a nurse has escaped quarantine since last Thursday, and that efforts to recover her were under way. The Spokesperson for the DICOVERC, Mohamed Massaquoi, said on Tuesday that the nurse who had tested negative for the virus during the first 14 days period