By Alimatu Jalloh Justice Momoh Jah Stevens (JA) has on Tuesday 8 November 8, 2022, sentenced 24-year-old Chernoh Jalloh and 28-year-old Yomie Strasser King to 40 years imprisonment each after they were found guilty of robbery with aggravation. The Judge handed down his sentence after the accused were found guilty of three counts of conspiracy,...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday November 4, 2022, commissioned the US$ 42 million manufacturing facility of the Sierra Tropical Limited, the country’s first mega pineapple juice producer, with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes per annum. President Bio told the gathering who had converged on Sumbuya, Lugbu Chiefdom,...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday November 8, 2022, has received participants of the Budapest-Bamako Rally in Freetown, dubbed the world’s largest amateur vehicular rally and a 19-day event that saw 600 participants with 250 vehicles and 350 motorbikes taking part. “Today, I am here at the...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone’s senior male football team, the Leone Stars will play friendlies with Algeria and Rwanda from the 13th to 18th of November 2022 in preparation of the African Nations Cup (AFCON) 2023 qualifiers. Leone Stars recently lost two friendlies woefully conceding a total of seven goals and scoring none prompting...Read More
By Nick Roll Solomon K. Russell walks down a narrow dirt path, surrounded by teak trees that block out the sunlight and cool the afternoon air. He leaps over a column of fat black ants running across the trail, and the forest suddenly, unnaturally, ends. A denuded strip of beige earth stretches over an area...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Justice Alhaji Momoh Jah Stevens JA has on Monday sentenced one Ibrahim Sorie Mumu Jalloh to Fifteen years imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually penetrating a fourteen years old child. Jalloh, the convict had been charged for the offence of Sexual Penetration. M.P. Sesay, who represented the state in prosecuting the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The defense for Member of Parliament for the main opposition All People’s Congress party representing Constituency 066 in Karene district, Mohamed Bangura, has presented a no-case submission, while the defense for the Chairperson of the party in Tonkolili district, Yabom Sesay, failed to do so. During the hearing on November 8th 2022...Read More
By Agnes Aineah The Justice and Peace arm of Caritas Freetown has joined organizations working to ensure that the June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone are free of chaos. The development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown is one of the organizations that participated in a workshop that was organized by AGIAMONDO,...Read More
Number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and north-east Bangladesh highest in over 30 years As COP27 commenced in Egypt, UNICEF warns this year has brought overwhelming flooding to at least 27.7 million children in 27 countries worldwide. A large majority of the 27.7 million children affected by flooding in 2022 are...Read More
By George M.O. Williams A team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Team on Friday, November 4, 2022, engaged journalists on Sierra Leone’s progress, after the Sierra Leone passed 11 out of 20 indicators making it feasible for country to sign the compact in 2023. The media engagement brought together technical experts of the team...Read More
