AdvocAid has filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court of justice in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Government of Sierra Leone, seeking to overturn the country’s discriminatory loitering laws. The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Sierra Leonean lawyer, Eleanor Thompson, are legal representatives of the...Read More
The Intervarsity Sports, which has not been in existence for over 14 years, has once again been resuscitated through the leadership of Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie, Minister of Technical and Higher Education. The essence of the whole exercise is to bolster friendliness among students of tertiary institutions. The athletics competition, which occurred on 28th and...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined colleague employees in the country to commemorate May Day or International Labour Day, urging workers in Sierra Leone to ensure fairness at their different workplaces. Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, Max Conteh, thanked the President for gracing the occasion and all workers and affiliate unions...Read More
Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding the Pademba Road Court No. 1 on Wednesday May 4, 2022 committed the matter between the State versus Alfred Mohamed Bangura to the High Court for trial. Police alleged that the accused, Bangura, on Friday, December 20, 2019, at New Road, Rokupa in Freetown, fraudulently converted to his own use and...Read More
After the prosecuting counsel replied to a no-case submission filed by the defense, in a preliminary investigation into the alleged murder of a student at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding the Pademba Road Court No. I on Wednesday committed the matter to the High Court for proper trial. According to the...Read More
The Speaker of Parliament, Dr Abass Chernor Bundu on Wednesday, 4 May 4, 2022, appointed the leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Hon Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella as chairman of the Select Committee in Parliament to undertake an academic audit on officials holding public offices across the country. The Parliamentary Select Committee, according to...Read More
Sierra Leone will open its 2023 AFCON Qualifiers with Nigeria in an empty stadium at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja in June this year. In a letter sent to the NFF, CAF confirmed that the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja to be used for the 2023 AFCON qualifier matchday 1 & 2. However, Fifa...Read More
The Court of Appeal has on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 rejected an application made by lawyers representing former President Ernest Bai Koroma for a stay of proceedings in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) appeals, and refer the question of presidential immunity to the Supreme Court for constitutional interpretation. The application was made by lead...Read More
Since the historic repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law in 2020, Sierra Leone has made commendable progress in freedom of the press, the President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) said in statement marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Ahmed Sahid Nasralla said since the repeal of...Read More
THE MEDIA UNSHACLKED: A YEAR TO REFORM, REBUILD AND REBRAND THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE Society for Democratic Initiative (SDI) joins the world in celebrating World Press Freedom day. The theme for this year is “Journalism under digital siege”. SDI is also pleased to launch the “2021 State of the Media Report: The Media Unshackled; A year...Read More
