As the Pay No Bribe (PNB) online reporting platform concludes its fourth month of operation, the first report on bribe-taking by public sector officials, engagement with an honest official, and responses from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is being released by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Pay No Bribe, which is in its pilot phase, presently covers the health, education, water, electricity and law enforcement (police) sectors, and has district support mec

As the Pay No Bribe (PNB) online reporting platform concludes its fourth month of operation, the first report on bribe-taking by public sector officials, engagement with an honest official, and responses from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is being released by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Pay No Bribe, which is in its pilot phase, presently covers the health, education, water, electricity and law enforcement (police) sectors, and has district support mec

As the Pay No Bribe (PNB) online reporting platform concludes its fourth month of operation, the first report on bribe-taking by public sector officials, engagement with an honest official, and responses from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is being released by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Pay No Bribe, which is in its pilot phase, presently covers the health, education, water, electricity and law enforcement (police) sectors, and has district support mec

*Calling Youth Groups Interested in Running their own Business in Waste Management* Young Sierra Leonean youth groups are being invited to set up cooperatives to apply to operate commercial waste management services in the community where they live. Successful community groups will receive a start-up kit, ongoing business support, waste management training and the chance to run their own businesses The closing deadline has been extended for youth groups interested in business

*Calling Youth Groups Interested in Running their own Business in Waste Management* Young Sierra Leonean youth groups are being invited to set up cooperatives to apply to operate commercial waste management services in the community where they live. Successful community groups will receive a start-up kit, ongoing business support, waste management training and the chance to run their own businesses The closing deadline has been extended for youth groups interested in business

*Calling Youth Groups Interested in Running their own Business in Waste Management* Young Sierra Leonean youth groups are being invited to set up cooperatives to apply to operate commercial waste management services in the community where they live. Successful community groups will receive a start-up kit, ongoing business support, waste management training and the chance to run their own businesses The closing deadline has been extended for youth groups interested in business

Our population is a young one - over 40% is below 15 years old. An increasingly youthful population is not exclusive to Sierra Leone. Africa has more people aged under 20 than anywhere in the world. UNICEF estimates that over the next four decades, 40% of the world’s children and roughly 25% of the global population will be in Africa. The possible implications of this trend have polarised commentators. One camp frames our youthful populations as a great opportunity; the ot

Our population is a young one - over 40% is below 15 years old. An increasingly youthful population is not exclusive to Sierra Leone. Africa has more people aged under 20 than anywhere in the world. UNICEF estimates that over the next four decades, 40% of the world’s children and roughly 25% of the global population will be in Africa. The possible implications of this trend have polarised commentators. One camp frames our youthful populations as a great opportunity; the ot

Our population is a young one - over 40% is below 15 years old. An increasingly youthful population is not exclusive to Sierra Leone. Africa has more people aged under 20 than anywhere in the world. UNICEF estimates that over the next four decades, 40% of the world’s children and roughly 25% of the global population will be in Africa. The possible implications of this trend have polarised commentators. One camp frames our youthful populations as a great opportunity; the ot

A comprehensive plan to address the water shortages experienced by Freetown’s citizens during the dry season, has been prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) and the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), in collaboration with the UNDP, DFID, and UNICEF. The Minister of Water Resources, Momodu Maligi announced the 2017 Freetown Dry Season Water Supply Backup Plan at Baoma in Goderich on 31st January 2016, during a ceremony to hand over the community’s new solar-powered