The Daily IIJ

CCTV cameras, cargo scanning machines soon General Manager of the Sierra Leone Airports Authority (SLAA) has explained the reason behind the latest increase in the airport tax from $40 to $65; also revealing the arrival soon of CCTV cameras, security equipment and luggage and cargo scanning machines to be installed at the airport.

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Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) will on November 20 celebrate its three years of existence. This year’s commemoration will be marked by a launch of the strategic development plan and a revisit of the teenage pregnancy project.

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Social Action for Human Empowerment Sierra Leone (SAFE-SL) has come to the rescue of two homeless girls who were roaming the streets of the capital with sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and severe cold after being swindled to come to Freetown.

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AWOL unveils new identity The All Works of Life (AWOL) development organisation on Friday unveiled its new logo and lunched the National Achievement Awards 2010. Lunching and unveiling the new identity, vice chairman of AWOL, Ambassador Anthony Navo Jnr. said the event is owned by the people of Sierra Leone, devoid of regional or tribal [...]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma has told Sierra Leone’s lead iron ore exploration and mining company that his government was hopeful for a swift turn around in the country’s fortunes after he witnessed the largest consignment of machineries to start operations.

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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday slammed 57-count charges on suspended Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority for corruption and misappropriation of donor funds, among others. Mr. Sesay’s wife and three others have also been charged with corruption. All the accused persons should make an appearance in court next week in a matter dubbed:

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The World Bank Group in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday launched the Network of Development and Economic Reporters Association (NEDER).

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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first African President while still in office to receive the Friend of the Media in Africa award, a prestigious biannual honour bestowed on political leaders for promoting a media-friendly environment on the continent.

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Uganda’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s Seditious Libel Law is inconsistent with Freedom of Expression which is guaranteed by its constitution. The five-member panel said the law did not fall within the acceptable limit of free speech and struck seditious libel off the country’s law books.

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One of the eye-catching aspirants for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) flag-bearer position has revealed a number of reasons for contesting the opposition’s most coveted post and why he believes party loyalists should pin their trust in him by giving him the mandate to lead the SLPP to the crunch 2012 presidential and parliamentary [...]

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