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July 22, 2021

IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 FOR GOVERNANCE IN SIERRA LEONE

More than a year since COVID hit Sierra Leone, changing almost every aspect of how we live. Public health experts believe that the virus is going to be around with us for a while. Although, over the past months a […]

July 16, 2021

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With support from Irish AID, Institute for Governance Reform and Centre for Accountability and Rule of law has monitored GoSL’s effort in the #COVID pandemic. With the increasing number of COVID cases (especially the Delta variant) over the last four […]

July 7, 2021

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“Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy in Freetown”

A new SierraPoll report released on 5th July, 2021 shows that awareness of COVID Vaccine increased significantly in Freetown over the last four months, but nearly four out of every ten of the city’s adult residents say they won’t take the […]

June 23, 2021

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CIVIC (DIGITAL) RIGHTS IN COVID-19

A survey on Citizen’s perception across Sierra Leone! Findings of this report which was released on 9th June 2021 at the New Brookfields Hotel majors on three main concepts of: Safeguarding digital rights and responsibilities Promoting digital citizenship Preventing digital […]

March 25, 2021

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“BROADENING ACCESS AND QUALITY: CITIZEN’S FEEDBACK ON THE STATE OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES IN SIERRA LEONE”

The Institute for Governance Reform and Oxfam Sierra Leone, with funding from the World Bank, have on Wednesday, 24th March 2021, launched the Citizens’ Monitoring of Health and Education Services Project and Service Delivery Index 2020. The report benchmarks the […]

March 1, 2021

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CHINA’S EMERGING INFLUENCE IN SIERRA LEONE:

Voices & Views of Local Fishing and Road Construction Communities This paper assesses China’s sweeping engagement in the economic life of a West African state with the view to unravel the effects of Chinese foreign policy on local institutions, and […]

November 23, 2020

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IGR DISASSOCIATES ITSELF FROM MALICIOUS PUBLICATION TARGETING RADIO DEMOCRACY’S ASMAA JAMES

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23rd November 2020 IGR DISASSOCIATES ITSELF FROM MALICIOUS PUBLICATION TARGETING RADIO DEMOCRACY’S ASMAA JAMES FREETOWN — The Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) distances itself from a malicious publication titled “A Fake Sierra Leone Journalist Exposed […]

October 23, 2020

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CIVIL SOCIETY CALL FOR REINSTATEMENT OF HONORABLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO THEIR CONSTITUIONAL ROLES

We the undersigned organisations are gravely concerned about recent happenings in the Parliament of Sierra Leone, especially those relating to the suspension of four Members including Hon. Hindolo Moiwo Ngevao, an anti-corruption whistleblower, from participating in parliamentary committee proceedings even […]

July 20, 2020

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UNITING BO AND MAKENI

Bo and Makeni are the second and third largest cities of Sierra Leone. The two cities are homes to Mendes and Themes, the two largest of the 16 ethnic groups. Each of the two groups account for slightly more than […]

March 18, 2020

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MAINTAINING ZERO COVID-19 INFECTION – READINESS OF SIERRA LEONE

As a way of contributing to the broader efforts to enhance Sierra Leone’s preparedness for COVID-19, this policy brief presents results of 500 interviews conducted by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) in the last 48 hours with front actors, […]

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