With support from the Malaria Control Program of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation,Prison Watch Sierra Leone on Monday August 24th 2020 donated hundreds insecticide treated bed nets to inmates of the Female Correctional Facility in Freetown New England at the former Special Court facility. Amidst singing and dancing at the Freetown female correctional centre,...Read More
As part of their continuous support towards the fight against the COVID-19 in the country, the Indian Community has on Wednesday August 19, 2020, handed over a newly refurbished Accident & Emergency Department to the 34 Military Hospital during a ceremony that was held at the Hospital’s conference hall at Wilberforce in Freetown. The Indian...Read More
Annual National Consumer Price Inflation (year-on-year) went down by 1.06 percent from 14.36 percent in June to 13.30 percent in July 2020; but the monthly consumer price inflation went up by 0.97 percent from 0.29 percent in June to 1.26 percent in July 2020, according to Statistics Sierra Leone Consumer Price Index July 2020. Annual...Read More
One of Sierra Leone’s leading media institutions, Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire was on Monday August 17, 2020, awarded in theSpecial Movie Awards (SMA) as the Best International Media House. AYV was awarded at the 2018 Special Movie Awards organized by Afrinity Productions in Banjul, the Gambia for its contribution to movie and entertainment...Read More
Josephine Gbantamoi alias Aminata Sillah and Komba Mbayoh were on Monday August 17,2020 admitted to Le300 million bail each after they appeared before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 on Pademba Road for an alleged financial impropriety. According to the Court’s charge sheet, both accused persons on the May 21,2020, conspired...Read More
Four accused persons, Ishmael Koroma, Issa Alhaji Mansaray, Ernest Numeh Conteh and Lamin Tarawally were sent back to prison on Monday August 17, 2020 by Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road in Freetown after defense counsel cross-examined them in respect of the killing of Kadiatu Yeamie Kargbo. The police allege that the...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the operations of media institutions across Sierra Leone. Some radio stations have adjusted their broadcasting hours, while some newspapers have reduced their frequency of publication due to inadequate revenue mobilization, according to a report by the Media Foundation for West Africa. The report, Media and COVID-19 in Sierra Leone (March-June...Read More
The Human Right Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has called on law enforcement officials to speedily conclude investigations into the Makeni incidents and identify and persecute security personnel whowere involved in the killing of civilians. Six people were killed in a protest against an attempt by the Government to remove a standby 1.65MW Caterpillar generator...Read More
Violence prevention and response services have been severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving children at increased risk of violence, exploitation and abuse, according to a global survey by UNICEF. Of 136 countries that responded to UNICEF’s Socio-economic Impact Survey of COVID-19 Response, 104 countries reported a disruption in services related to violence against children, according to...Read More
Justice Momo-Jah Stevens (JA) Four men condemned for abusing minors Freetown 17/08/2020:The newly appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Alhaji Momo-Jah Stevenshas on Monday at the newly established sexual offences Court in Freetown, sentenced one Alpha Fofanah to 10 years in prison for sexually penetrating a 14-year-old girl. According to the particulars of...Read More
