After hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Sierra Leone calling for justice for a five-year-old girl who was raped and murdered, Marta Colomer, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “The outpouring of rage following this horrific crime shows that people in Sierra Leona have had enough of impunity for...Read More
Salamatu Bangura aka Sale Bangs, a 17-year-old Sierra Leonean musician residing in Guinea Conakry, has on Thursday June 18, 2020 told Premier News that she has recently released a single song titled ‘Saya’ meaning ‘dead’, a tribute song for her mother who died when she was a child. Bangs said that the idea to release the...Read More
Honorable Music Empire, a local entertainment label in the Regent community, in colaboration with local musicians: Justice, Sia Hana and Joe Dyce, has on Tuesday June 16,2020 released a single titled ‘No Cry Africa’. Justice, a musician who featured in the song, said that it had been inspired by oppressions Africans are undergoing by the wider...Read More
The Area Manager of the Guma Valley Water Company in the east of Freetown, Joseph Wandoh has said on Wednesday June 17, 2020, that human activities, especially the cutting down of trees from areas which are supposed to be forest reserved areas, is a reason for insufficient supply of water in communities in Freetown. Wandoh said...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday June 23rd 2020 announced that “effective immediately, the curfew is adjusted to the period 11:00 pm to 6:00am.” In a Media Conference held at Statehouse he admitted to Journalists: “The Inter-District Lockdown continues to be an important suppression measure. It has presented some constraints for Sierra Leoneans. With the...Read More
