High Court Judge presiding over cases in the ongoing Judicial Week, Honourable Justice Manuela Harding has discharged 19-year-old labourer, Mohamed Sow and Mamoud Mansaray for want of prosecution. Sow was before the court on a count indictment of robbery with aggravation contrary to Section 23 (1) (a) of the Larceny Act of 1916 as repealed...Read More
Sierra Leone Boxing Association is to host fifteen African countries in the Zone two tournaments in Sierra Leone in March this year. Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA) bid with countries including Nigeria and Mali to host the Zone 2 boxing tournament, but Sierra Leone won the bid. President of Sierra Leone Boxing Association, Solomon Kargbo...Read More
The United States government, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), has supported the Government of Sierra Leone by providing medicines to communities through campaigns every year to eliminate several neglected tropical diseases, the United States embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. Because of this partnership with the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health, 12...Read More
The Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, on Tuesday participated in the 2021 United Nations (UN) Common Country Analysis Validation workshop aimed at identifying the “game changing” priorities to accelerate development in Sierra Leone. The multi-stakeholder workshop was to validate the Sierra Leone Common Country Analysis (CCA). The workshop was attended by...Read More
Chairman of the Old Edwardians Football Club Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq. has resigned as chairman of the Old Edwardians Football Club after serving for eleven years. Posting his resignation on Twitter, the former chairman said, “I just informed the Pres. of Old Edwardians Association of my decision to resign effective immediately as Chair of Old...Read More
In a bid to support quality education in Sierra Leone, the North West office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Thursday January27, 2022 reached Gbinti Secondary School (GSS) at Gbinti Town, Dibia Chiefdom, Karene District in rolling out its usual Meet the School Campaign. Meet the school campaign aims at catching them (pupils) young...Read More
KENYA, NAIROBI, February 1, 2022 – Following another tragic death in Sierra Leone due to female genital mutilation (FGM), women’s rights organizations across the country and around the world have come together to co-sign an open letter calling on the Government of Sierra Leone to criminalize FGM and protect women and girls from this harmful...Read More
Peter Kargbo, a student, has been found guilty of manslaughter and convicted to 15 years in prison by Justice Komba Kamanda on Tuesday January 31, 2022. The case of the accused Peter Kargbo was listed for hearing in Freetown during the Judicial Week. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on August 28, 2016...Read More
The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA), Fodeba Dabohon Monday January 31, 2022,made an inspection visit to the Octopus Group of Companies,an agro business situated at Makonkonday village at Newton. The investment occupies a 120-acre industrial farm space in the western Area Rural District. The purpose of the visit was to assess the...Read More
Freetown, 31 January 2022. The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has put modalities in place to provide legal representation to 1,013indigent inmates whose matters have been listed for hearing during the Judicial Week. The Board’s preparedness came following final discussions with the Chief Justice of the republic of Sierra Leone, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards...Read More
