Accra, Ghana – October 18, 2024 – The inaugural Africa Skills Week (ASW) has wrapped up in Ghana, calling for robust action to address the continent’s skills gap and youth unemployment challenges. The event, which hosted leaders from governments, educational institutions, and international organizations, concluded with a powerful communiqué urging the institutionalization of ASW as a...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, October 18, 2024 – In the ongoing murder trial of Abdul Kpaka, the fourth prosecution witness, Princess Wilson, Manager of Virtues Funeral Home, testified that the accused was in deep distress, crying bitterly over the body of his deceased girlfriend, Sia Fatu Kamara. Wilson described Kpaka’s emotional state at the funeral parlor,...Read More
(By Med-Tulai Agribusiness Communications) The Makeni-based agribusiness initiative, Med-Tulai Agro Dealer, on October 16, 2024, received a national award of recognition from President Bio at the Koidu New Sembehun City stadium in Kailahun on the occasion marking the celebration of World Food Day and the 1st anniversary of the Feed Salone priority Government initiative/programme. Reading the...Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone – In a highly anticipated legal development, three men were found guilty in connection with a plot to murder Dr. Abu Bakarr Bangura, a Law School Director. The accused, 55-year-old tailor Kemoh Bangura, 50-year-old driver Alimamy Bangura, and 58-year-old farmer Pa Alimamy Kargbo, were convicted of soliciting murder under Section 4 of the...Read More
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, receiving the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag (Germany’s Parliament). On October 16, 2024, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, received the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag (Germany’s Parliament) during a ceremony in Berlin. The German Africa Prize,...Read More
