AGP Executive Report
Last update: a minute agoFlood Risk in Freetown: Heavy rains have triggered flash flooding, erosion and slope incidents, with reports of deaths, missing children and hundreds of displaced people after a wall collapse at Metchem and widespread flooding in nearby Juba—raising renewed calls for stronger settlement controls and climate resilience planning. Coastal Protection Alarm: Sierra Leone’s National Protected Areas Authority warns that Aberdeen Bridge is no longer safe, linking coastal sand and mangrove removal to weaker natural barriers against sea-level rise and flooding. Protected Areas Enforcement Prep: NPAA has started Phase Two of GIS mapping to identify and verify structures inside protected areas and demolition zones, using GPS surveys and satellite imagery to guide enforcement. Food Systems for Resilience: WFP launched the 2026/27 home-grown school feeding year, buying over one million kilograms of rice and pulses from Sierra Leonean smallholders to support child nutrition and local markets. Digital Identity for Service Delivery: NCRA urged Sierra Leone to anchor Digital Public Infrastructure on trusted legal identity systems to avoid duplication, stressing identity, payments and secure data exchange as an integrated foundation. TVET Reform Warning: Civil society cautioned that technical education reforms could repeat past failures unless sustained funding, qualified tutors and resources back the changes.
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