Author: Truth Media

His Excellency Alhaji Timothy Musa Kabba, Council Chair and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, presided over ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council’s 56th Ordinary Session at ministerial level in Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone, emphasizing the community’s critical opportunity for strengthening dialogue, consultation, and collective action supporting peace, security, democratic stability, and regional integration across West Africa.

The Coalition for the Protection of Girls and Women has issued a formal appeal to the ECOWAS Commission, urging decisive regional commitment to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This came as West African leaders gather in Freetown for the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.

The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security (MELLS) has launched a National Steering Committee (NSC) to strengthen protection, rights and welfare of domestic workers across the country, in line with the implementation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 189.

Officers of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) have arrested a man at the Waterloo checkpoint after allegedly finding him in possession of an unlicensed pistol loaded with 16 rounds of live ammunition.