17
Mar
– Mariama Khai Fornah Michael Muana (not his real name) holds a shovel in his hands, digging the dirt in one of the mining sites in Kenema District, eastern Sierra Leone. He looks like a 13 year old, even though he is unsure of his age and believes he is 14. He is one of […]
19
Feb
![Oil Palm Plantation in Mattru Jong [Image source: Awoko.org]](http://accessng.cleen.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Oil-Palm-Plantation-in-Mattru-Jong.jpg "Government and Landowners Fight over Oil Palm Plantation in Mattru Jong")
By Alusine Sesay More than 300 small local landowners in Jong and Sogbeni Chiefdoms in Mattru Jong, in the southern district of Bonthe, have been involved in an ongoing dispute with the Sierra Leonean government over the ownership and management of an oil palm plantation on their land. The landowners allege that, since 2010, they […]
17
Feb
By Ibrahim Tarawallie This report was initially published here “I was expecting 100% service delivery from the health workers but that is not what happened. I [was unable to access] the free medication…I was asked to pay for drugs which are supposed to be free. I have also been hearing reports of health workers stealing drugs […]
20
Jan
By Silas Gbandia Ali Bai Kamara, 35, took his pregnant wife to the Kissy Clinic in Freetown for delivery. The popular radio show host of east Freetown,the capital of Sierra Leone,was expecting their second child after 7 years of waiting. He left the clinic alone on August 24, 2014 in tears remembering only his wife’s goodbye […]
19
Jan
By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay An orphan girl named Salimata, age 11 who is in class five at the Roman Catholic Mission Primary School in Port Loko, said every Monday, their teachers ask them to carry firewood from their homes to the school and if they fail, they would be driven from school until they come […]