By Desmond Tunde Coker On Wednesday September 7th, 2022 Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC ) engaged two communities at the YMCA hall at fourth Street in Freetown to disseminate information on its findings for the past three years. Sierra Leone Urban Research Center (SLURC), is a globally connected urban research centre which was created...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday, September 8, 2022, launched a five-year Education Sector Plan for Sierra Leone (2022-2026) at the Bintumani International Conference Centre in Freetown. The launching which was themed: “Transforming Learning for All”, brought together development partners, local actors in the educational sector and students...Read More
A new report has found that over 400 women from Sierra Leone working as domestic workers in Oman were victims of human trafficking. The report published today by Do Bold, a non-profit that promotes the rights of migrant workers, reveals systemic and widespread abusive practices against these women including forced labour. Many experienced deceptive recruitment,...Read More
Ms. Zara Ahmed Kargbo, a resident of No. 4 Nurse Horton Drive, Brookfields in Freetown, who is also a fashion designer has been dragged to court by her business partners; Tenneh, Ruth and Martha on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Zara Ahmed Kargbo is before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Haroun Conteh, a driver and businessman, was on Thursday, September 8, 2022 sent to jail by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No3 for allegedly causing grievious bodily harm to one Moses Kamara. The accused was arraigned on three counts of wounding with intent. According to the charge on count one...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court Judge who doubles as the President of Judicial and Legal Training Institute, Honourable Justice Emmanuel Ekundayo Roberts was on the 7th of September, 2022 elected Vice President of the West African Region of Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges’ Association. It should be noted that in the past Sierra Leone...Read More
Professor Kelleh G. Mansaray has on Wednesday 6th September 2022 been approved as the highest scoring interviewee among the four applicants for the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor, FBC and was approved for appointment as the Head of FBC Campus and IPAM respectively with effect 1st October 2022. The Court of the University of Sierra...Read More
By David Waldstein In the stadiums and sports clubs of Freetown, Sierra Leone, soccer is the favorite topic. But on Tuesday, several hours after Frances Tiafoe, a son of two Sierra Leonean émigrés, beat Rafael Nadal to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, tennis has nudged itself into the conversation. “Oh, yeah, there is a lot of...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Premier League Board has in a media statement it put out on Wednesday 7th of September 2022 informed premier league clubs in Sierra Leone that player registrations for the 2022/2023 league season commenced on the 7th of September 2022 and will end on the 6th October 2022 at...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone will be coming to Cape Town to attend and participate at this year’s edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) conference and exhibition – Africa’s premier event for the oil and gas sector which will take place from October 18 – 21 – as a...Read More
