By Amin Kef (Ranger)
According to the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone, in its 11th October, 2022 Press Release, a training mission from the Police and Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, with support of the European Commission’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) instrument, has arrived in Sierra Leone and will share with the Sierra Leonean Police, European best practices on responding to disinformation with a full Human Rights and Freedom of Speech approach.
The EU Delegation revealed that the three days training workshop, which commenced on the 12th and to end on the 14th October, 2022 is taking place at the Sierra Leone Police Emergency Call Center at Kingtom in Freetown.
It was learnt that the aim of the training is geared towards raising awareness of European best practices on recognizing, monitoring, analyzing and responding to disinformation with a full Human Rights perspective, in particular by guaranteeing Freedom of Speech.
The training workshop, it was also understood, will support law enforcement officers in Sierra Leone in developing pro-active strategic communication.
Worthy of note is that the mission was organized in cooperation with the West African Response on Cybersecurity and Fight against Cybercrime (OCWAR-C) project, financed by the European Union and implemented under a Financing Agreement between the EU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
