Sierra Leone’s President) Dr. Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 affirmed the review of the Local Content Act 2016.President Bio made this disclosure during the State Opening of Parliament in the Chamber of Parliament Building Tower Hill, Freetown.“The Agency will soon review the Local Content Act 2016 to address grey areas and take...Read More

The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has secured funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen the Board’s capacity to support access to justice for victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases and provide primary justice services in three chiefdoms in the Moyamba district. The project is aimed at ensuring timely and...Read More

The Director of Tourism, Mohamed Jalloh has on Tuesday May 10, 2022 presented opportunities for investment in the tourism sector to the Spanish Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Guinea, Christian Font Calderon. He made this presentation when Ambassador Calderon and the Honorary Counsel of Spain, Antonio Yazbeck  paid a courtesy visit on the Deputy Minister...Read More

President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told Parliament, in a live broadcast on multiple platforms, that Sierra Leone has transitioned from the UN Peacebuilding Fund framework and is now transforming into a just, peaceful, cohesive, and productive nation.   “Accordingly, we have significantly improved our capacity for national planning, resource mobilisation, and coordination of development...Read More

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the U.S. government’s President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) have launched an indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaign that will protect over 670,000 people from malaria in Bo and Bombali districts.  “Spraying homes to kill the mosquitos is one of the key strategies we use to keep people safe from malaria,” Dr. Dave...Read More

Defense Counsel Applies for High Court Interpretation of Magistrate’s Ruling After Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding over the Pademba Road Court No. 1 ruled against defense counsel on a jurisdictional objection raised in the matter between the State versus Alhaji Kemoh Sesay, former Minister of Works under the Koroma regime. Lead defense counsel, lawyer Charles Francis...Read More