Since the historic repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law in 2020, Sierra Leone has made commendable progress in freedom of the press, the President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) said in statement marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Ahmed Sahid Nasralla  said since the repeal of...Read More

THE MEDIA UNSHACLKED: A YEAR TO REFORM, REBUILD AND REBRAND THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE Society for Democratic Initiative (SDI) joins the world in celebrating World Press Freedom day. The theme for this year is “Journalism under digital siege”. SDI is also pleased to launch the “2021 State of the Media Report: The Media Unshackled; A year...Read More

Kingho Mining Company Limited has during the public disclosure of an addendum to its current Environmental and Social, Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) for the construction of a Tailings Beneficiation Plant at the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines, got an absolute approval from stakeholders of the mining concessions chiefdoms of Sambaia, Simiria and Dansogoia.The meeting which took...Read More

the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was in The Hague, Netherlands on Thursday, April 28, where she had the honor of delivering the keynote address at the Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation international retreat. DRK Foundation is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early stage, high impact social enterprises. They believe that with early...Read More

The judge said prosecutors had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Massaquoi committed the crimes of rape, ritual murder, torture and recruitment of child soldiers during the war. A court in Finland has acquitted Gibril Massaquoi, the former Revolutionary United Front commander in Sierra Leone, of all the charges in his year-long trial...Read More

The Public Education Unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Office in Kono has held a customized sensitization engagement with staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) in the district on ‘Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption measures and maintaining Effective Service Delivery’. The meeting, which took place on April 26, 2022 in the conference room of the...Read More