By Sallieu S. Kanu NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 September 2023—UNAIDS has named the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio, as a UNAIDS champion for the empowerment and engagement of adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone. UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, confirmed the appointment during a meeting with Mrs Maada Bio and her...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Alpha Kamara, a police officer, was on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No1 for the alleged murdered of Abubakarr Munu. The accused, who made his first appearance in court, was charged with one count of murder contrary to section 1 of the Offenses Against...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), World Health Organization (WHO) with other partners on Monday, September 18, 2023, commemorated the World Patients Safety Day at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown. The commemoration is aimed at elevating the voices of the patients across the world. World Patient Safety...Read More
On 19 September, commencing a little after 9 a.m. local time (10:00 p.m. same day, JST) for approximately 30 minutes, Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting New York, U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly, on September 19, 2023, held a bilateral meeting with Hon. Mr. Timothy Musa Kabba,...Read More
By Bridie Pearson-jones for Mailonline Freetown the Tree Town, the City of Freetown’s initiative, was among 15 finalists announced by Prince William for the 2023 Earthshot prize at the second Innovation Summit in New York. Freetown the Tree Town is combining community stewardship and digital tools in galvanising a grassroots movement for tree preservation in...Read More
Bangladesh is keen to assist Sierra Leone in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector alongside the field of agriculture, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told his Sierra Leonean counterpart yesterday in New York. “I also told him [the Sierra Leone minister] that apart from agriculture, we have also made great progress in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Alusine Sesay of the High Court of Sierra Leone has, when presiding over the call over of 43 accused persons on Tuesday 19th September, urged Jurors to be dedicated, cooperative and steadfast in their duty to determine the outcome of cases in court. There and about, after making this statement, he...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Ahmed Al-Saleh, a Syrian National, who is also the Chief Security Officer has led evidence against three accused persons who allegedly broke into the Company’s facility at Kissy Dockyard in Freetown. The three, Dauda Kamara, Zachariah Swaray and Bai Fullah Kamara Alias I.T appeared before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No 1...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Sexual and Gender based violence is a serious and urgent concern in Sierra Leone. Globally, Sierra Leone is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. Regionally, the country has signed and domesticated the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Maputo...Read More
Amidst recent suggestions in parliament to repeal the law that prohibits the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the Gambia Women in STEM joined other anti-FGM activists to condemn the practice of the act. They called for strict enforcement of laws that prohibit the practice of female genital mutilation. “We urge strict enforcement of laws...Read More
