By Sallieu S. Kanu The Republic of Sierra Leone is hosting the 42nd Technical Commission and Plenary of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) from the 17th to 23rd November 2023 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. According to David Borbor, the Director General of the Financial Intelligence Agency Sierra...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kanu The Regional Stakeholders Meeting of the Sierra Leone Health Service Commission was held with the aim of promoting the decentralization of health services. The event brought together key stakeholders, civil society organizations, media personnel, and government representatives to discuss the commission’s role in improving the health sector through recruitment, appointment, and human...Read More
to the State by George M.O. Williams The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has entered into a No-Fault Settlement Agreement with Ecobank (Sl) Limited to pay back to the Commission the sum of Thirty-Four Million, Eight Hundred And Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred And Seventy-Six (New) Leones Eighty-Seven Cents (NLE 34,825,176.87), the Commission said in a statement on Wednesday....Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) lawyers represented forty-one accused persons including two juveniles in separate trials in Freetown, Bo and Kabala between October 22 and November 18, 2024. Twenty-three of those represented were discharged in separate court sittings in Freetown including one presided over by the acting Chief Justice, His Lordship, Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke. Thirteen were...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Abubakarr Kabaka Turay, the former Chief Executive Officer of ECOFEST, has highlighted the festival’s dual role as both an entertainment platform and a hub for networking among national and international superstars. Speaking during the media launch held at the AYV Media Empire on Tower Hill, Turay emphasized ECOFEST’s mission to connect Sierra...Read More
