“He pushed me to his bed, removed my pants and sexually penetrated me.” Those were the words of an eleven-year-old girl, narrating her ordeal of how she was raped by a 32-year-old man. Recounting how it happened, the eleven-year-old said: “My mother sent me to fetch water at a nearby stream, and on my way,...Read More
Ibrahim Bangura grew up in a traditional Islamic family in Freetown, Sierra Leone. But religion did not shape his life. His childhood memories are wrapped in thick smoke of burned marijuana, kush, and other dangerous drugs that his older siblings smoked regularly in the room in which they grew up. Before too long, Ibrahim joined...Read More
A multi-talented kid, Terry Kay aka the Tic Tok Queen, 4, has on Thursday, December 10, 2020, released two songs titled: ‘Tic Tok Queen’ and ‘Seriously’. She said that Tic Tok is a song which she uses to express her passion about the social medium, adding, “Tic Tok been the most entertaining and my favorite...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr Julius Maada Bio has discussed the constitutional review process, efforts at reforming the criminal justice system and human rights issues like the death penalty when he met the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) on Thursday December 17, 2020. President Bio said his government had made a public commitment to look at the...Read More
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Lahai Marrah has called on the government of Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Finance to provide sufficient funds for the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) to carry on their activities. Hon. Marah made this pronouncement while on oversight visit at the Gelehun Water...Read More
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) has on Friday December 11, 2020, recognised Bollore Transport and Logistics, a subsidiary of Freetown Terminal, for the timely payment of its staff social security contributions to the Trust. The company received the compliant award “for fully complying with the provisions of the NASSIT Act No. 5...Read More
Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) in partnership with the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), Adam Smith International (ASI) and the Ministry of Water Resources have on Tuesday December 15, 2020 concluded the successful implementation of the Threshold Program, at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown. The US$ 44.4 million Threshold Program was a four-year...Read More
Freetown – December 9 (KMN) The local NGO FOCUS 1000 has trained 45 community activists as “champions” of gender equality, as part of its effort to complement government’s efforts in the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). The training was conducted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, as part of a one-day forum commemorating...Read More
The European Union Delegation in Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, December 17, 2020, signed a three years € 3.7 million project grant with local authorities of the Port Loko and Kenema City Councils and Western Rural Area and Kailahun District Council. The grant is to strengthen local governance, decentralization and sustainable urban development through territorial...Read More
The Alvette International Junior Secondary School in Kissy in the east of Freetown has on Sunday December 13, 2020, observed its 5th anniversary. Arthur Williams, the Principal of the school, said that the cerebration was aimed at giving praises to God for keeping them in the educational sector. He said that many people have passed...Read More
