Africell Sierra Leone on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, handed over the sum of NLe 250,000 to the winner of the ‘Win Kopo with Africell’ grand prize at a ceremony at the company headquarters in Freetown. Explaining about the promotion, Africell Media Manager, John Konteh told journalists that WIN KOPO SMS trivia Promotions and WIN KOPO is...Read More
In its quest to improve international competitiveness and to lift high the banner of the land, the Board of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has appointed South African born Kenneth Masinga to serve as Head Coach of the Patriot Senior Men’s side. His appointment was overwhelming approved by the Board as a result of...Read More
By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing November 18th as a day to spotlight the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. The day also will be used to stress the need for prevention, for perpetrators to be brought to justice, and for victims to be given a voice...Read More
One of the toilets offered by Caritas Freetown to the Culvert Slum Community in Sierra Leone. Credit: Caritas Freetown By Agnes Aineah Culvert slum’s version of hanging toilets are little wooden, plastic and stone structures fitted with pipes that pour into the sewage that runs below them. Isata Samura who has been living in the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Three Police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department headquarters in Freetown on Monday, November 7, 2022, produced and tendered statements of accused persons to form part of the evidence in court. The accused persons were arraigned on Conspiracy, Murder, and Arson, charges. Detective Sergeant Augustine R. Lansana attached to the CID Headquarters...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Insurance Association (SLIA) on Tuesday November 8, 2022 commenced a two-day insurance seminar on the theme: Building Trust and Confidence in the Insurance Industry, at the District Women’s Fellowship Hall, King Harman Road, Brookfields, in Freetown. The seminar was well attended by stakeholders in the insurance industry and...Read More
On Thursday 3 November 2022, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Food Programme (WFP), Talking Drum Studio (TDS) and the Sierra Leonean and Guinean authorities officially unveiled two border posts in Koindukura (Falaba district) and Hérémakono (Faranah prefecture) and 50 hectares of Inland Valley Swamps (IVS) implemented under the project ‘Building cross border...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, the defence counsel in the ongoing trial of Mayor Aki-Sawyerr has on Friday 4th November, 2022 objected to the tendering of findings and observations contained in a witness report which had been reduced into writing. He noted that certain paragraphs in the said report are highly prejudicial and will...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Judiciary of Sierra Leone has, in a statement it put out on Friday, informed the general public that the Special High Court Criminal Sessions will be held for the first time in Segbwema Town, Kailahun District with 14 cases and Kambia Town, Kambia District with 24 cases from the 7th to...Read More
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is assisting its counterpart in Sierra Leone, the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), to improve efficiency in regulating the petroleum downstream in that country. A team led by its Executive Chairman, Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma said they were in Ghana to share and learn experiences in terms of structures, processes, policies...Read More
