*Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 1st April 2022: Court of Appeal Judge, Hon. Justice Monfred Sesay, has sentenced 37-year-old Stone Miner, Foday Sesay to 30 years in prison for murder. It follows a unanimous guilty verdict of an eleven-member jury against Foday Sesay in respect of a count indictment of...Read More
Freetown, 31 March 2022 – Exactly two years ago today, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone. This index case detected in Freetown was of a Sierra Leonean national who had travelled back from abroad and tested positive while in a mandatory government managed quarantine. Over the past two years, the country...Read More
The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone has completed its “Preservation and Promotion of the Legacy of the Residual Special Court Project” which was initiated in September 2020, Registrar Binta Mansaray said on Thursday. The Project was funded by Global Affairs Canada, the department of the Canadian government that, among other functions, is tasked with...Read More
Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2022/ — On March 29, 2022, Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006 ). It is the 23rd country in Africa, and the...Read More
Gilleh Scholz, a revered gospel singer, and Dr. Imambay Kamara, founder of the Disabled International Foundation, have been honored with the U.S President Lifetime Achievement Award. This honour is the highest award in the land for volunteer services given by the President and government of the United States of America. Dr. Imambay Kamara The purpose...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has called on donor partners to support the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to strengthen healthcare delivery system. Vice President Jalloh stated that the partnership with donors and the Ministry of Health with shared goals, will make the team understand where to fill the necessary gaps and...Read More
Number of children dropping out of school poised to increase, emerging evidence shows NEW YORK, 30 March 2022 – As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, according to a new...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary School, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has stated that there is no way the government alone can transform education without the contribution of Non-State Actors. His comment came at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, March 29, 2021 “When people talk about non-state actors, we immediately look...Read More
The Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on Friday, April 1, 2022, effectively commences Sierra Leone’s Validation against the 2019 EITI Standard. In accordance with the new validation model adopted by the EITI Board, the process will assess whether EITI implementation in Sierra Leone is in line with the provisions of the EITI...Read More
Last week, stakeholders made significant progress in the preparation stage of the Freetown Cable Car project through the completion of a due diligence mission by the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF) team. Council had previously applied for technical support from the CFF to get the Freetown Cable Car Project ready for financing and to link...Read More
