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APC Seeks Answers from Statistics Sierra Leone Over Mapping Exercise Transparency

By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter: D.S. The All Peoples Congress (APC) has written to Statistics Sierra Leone requesting urgent clarification about alleged partiality and restricted access during the ongoing national cartographic mapping exercise. In a letter dated March 16, 2026, addressed to the Statistician General, the opposition party cited comments made on AYV Media Empire on…

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NPPA Trains Staff on E-GP System to Streamline Price-Norm Reporting

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter: D.S. The National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) has held an internal training workshop to prepare staff for digitized price-norm reporting via the Electronic Government Procurement (E-GP) platform. The session part of a series of capacity-building activities ahead of the Authority’s full digital procurement rollout focused on capturing, validating and publishing price-norm…

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APC Threatens Nationwide Withdrawal and Protests Over ECSL Chair Appointment

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter D.S. The All People’s Congress (APC) has warned of a nationwide peaceful protest and a withdrawal of its elected officials from governance if Edmond Sylvester Alpha remains Chief Electoral Commissioner and Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL). At a press briefing at party headquarters on March 18, 2026,…

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Over 850 Former Koidu Employees File $36.9m Wage Claim Over Exchange-Rate Dispute

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter D.S. More than 850 former employees of Koidu Limited have launched a class-action suit in the High Court of Sierra Leone, seeking $36.9 million in alleged unpaid wages tied to a dispute over exchange-rate calculations. Lead counsel Janisa E.F. Momodu told Justice Tonya Barnett that workers who contracted in US dollars…

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West African Leaders Pledge Stronger Border Security and Cooperation

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter D.S. Presidents Mamadi Doumbouya of Guinea, Joseph Nyuma Boakai of Liberia and Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone reaffirmed a joint commitment to peace, security and development along their shared frontiers following a tripartite summit in Conakry on March 16, 2026. Côte d’Ivoire attended the meeting as an observer. The leaders…

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