Sierra Leone has launched an energy-transition roadmap that requires mining companies to connect to the national grid by 2040, reports Bloomberg. The transition to grid power is expected to reassure renewable-energy investors about the demand in Sierra Leone, justifying the $10.9bn power expansion plan. This move is part of a broader strategy to increase the...Read More
By Michael Olugbode in Abuja The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered its decision in the case of Hassan Kargbo and seven others against the State of Sierra Leone. The applicants brought an action before the ECOWAS Court of Justice against the State of Sierra Leone for serious violations of their fundamental rights during the...Read More
Following months of misinformation about and misuse of the Ephraim Robinson Municipal Primary School playground, a successful community meeting was held on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was accompanied by Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk, a cross section of FCC Councillors, the Chief Administrator, Head of Education Department, the Legal Office, the City Engineer...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — The court-martial trial of high-ranking military officers accused of orchestrating the November 26, 2023, failed coup against the government of Sierra Leone continued on Thursday, November 21, 2024. Prosecution Witness No. 11, Corporal David Saidu, tendered statements from the first accused, Major Patrick Ordende Sesay, and other senior...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Freetown, Sierra Leone — Back-to-back Sierra Leone Premier League champions, Bo Rangers, have publicly called on the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to release their long-overdue prize money. Despite being crowned champions of the 2023/24 season on June 30, the club has yet to receive the financial rewards associated with their...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Republic of Sierra Leone is hosting the 42nd Technical Commission and Plenary of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) from the 17th to 23rd November 2023 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. According to David Borbor, the Director General of the Financial Intelligence Agency...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kanu The Regional Stakeholders Meeting of the Sierra Leone Health Service Commission was held with the aim of promoting the decentralization of health services. The event brought together key stakeholders, civil society organizations, media personnel, and government representatives to discuss the commission’s role in improving the health sector through recruitment, appointment, and...Read More
to the State by George M.O. Williams The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has entered into a No-Fault Settlement Agreement with Ecobank (Sl) Limited to pay back to the Commission the sum of Thirty-Four Million, Eight Hundred And Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred And Seventy-Six (New) Leones Eighty-Seven Cents (NLE 34,825,176.87), the Commission said in a statement on...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) lawyers represented forty-one accused persons including two juveniles in separate trials in Freetown, Bo and Kabala between October 22 and November 18, 2024. Twenty-three of those represented were discharged in separate court sittings in Freetown including one presided over by the acting Chief Justice, His Lordship, Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke. Thirteen...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Abubakarr Kabaka Turay, the former Chief Executive Officer of ECOFEST, has highlighted the festival’s dual role as both an entertainment platform and a hub for networking among national and international superstars. Speaking during the media launch held at the AYV Media Empire on Tower Hill, Turay emphasized ECOFEST’s mission to connect...Read More
