A new report on disaster risk management conducted by the World Bank has predicted that the country is still vulnerable to high risk of another landslide if certain mechanisms are not put in place by the government to mitigate disaster incidents in the country.
The global institution had, six months ago, dispatched a team to the country to carry out disaster risk assessment and management in Freetown, Bo and Makeni. A comprehensive report of that assessment visit was on Friday, 8 September, presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma, highlighting key areas for swift government intervention.
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