The state-of-the-art facility will bring huge improvements to care in the country but it is also challenging gender roles in the construction industry Katy Fallon in Kono In Kono District, in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, where diamond-rich earth was once exploited to fund a decade-long civil war, a new legacy is being built in its...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Since 2015, the service provider for the Sierra Leone Passport, Netpage, has been complying with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) new book design that was launched, and at the same time switched to e-passport from machine readable passport (MRP) book re-signed in 2022. Also, the company instituted an electronic upgrade...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu State House, Freetown, Thursday 31 August 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has reiterated his commitment to the Constitutional Review Process. His comment came at a meeting with the Executive of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) on post-repeal engagements and the All Political Parties’ Association (APPA)...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu United States will pursue visa restrictions for persons believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Sierra Leone, including through the manipulation or rigging of the electoral process; intimidation of voters, election observers, or civil society organizations through threats or acts of physical violence; or the abuse or...Read More
The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), has awarded the contract to Consulting Engineers Group (CEG) for the Design Review and Construction Supervision for the upgrading of the Kailahun-Buedu Road. The contract between SLRA and CEG was signed by the Director General, Ing. Amara Jambai Kanneh and Director Bernard Obika...Read More
By: Alex A. Bah, Public Relations Assistant, ACC The deputy Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Augustine Foday Ngobie has on Wednesday, August, 30, 2023, assured civil society organisations that their “voices are always part and parcel of the Campaign” against corruption. He gave this assurance whilst making a statement at a training for civil...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Adrian Fisher of the high court has on Thursday, August 31, 2023, sentenced Adama Bangura, a trader, to 12 years in prison for unlawfully killing Madiana Bockarie. The Bangura was standing trial on one count of manslaughter contrary to law. According to the charge sheet, the accused on November 7, 2017,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Ibrahim Sorie Bangura, Magdalene Barrie, Kadiatu Conteh and Abu Bakarr Sankoh were on Friday, September 1, 2023, fined 800 thousand new Leones or serve eight months in prison after they pleaded guilty to the offence of being found at a place used for smoking “Kush” (K2) by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, August 31, 2023 – Fredrick Hans Ampiah has been appointed Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone. He has officially presented his credentials to the government of Sierra Leone through the Minister of Foreign Affairs marking the official commencement of his duty tour in Sierra...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Mini-buses commonly known as “Poda-Podas”, taxis and three-wheelers commonly known as “Kekehs” which are the means of commercial transport in Freetown, are engage in a trend of exploiting commuters without reasonable consideration to limited income of the average Sierra Leonean. Premier News spoke with some commuters who usually ply the routes...Read More
