The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday, March 24, 2022 ratified various agreements and memoranda between Sierra Leone and other countries to foster economic growth and development. The agreements and memoranda which were approved by Parliament are: 1. Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Government of the Federal...Read More
March 24 (Renewables Now) – US solar energy solutions provider Solar Tyme USA is seeking to raise USD 1.75 million (EUR 1.59m) in debt or equity financing to build two renewable energy projects in Sierra Leone, a 200-kW solar micro-grid and a 50-KW solar power system. The news of the projects and the need to...Read More
19 March 2022 – Freetown, Sierra Leone: The groundbreaking for the Freetown Sierra Leone Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken place. Elder Hugo E. Martinez, president of the Africa West Area of the Church, broke ground for a new temple in this West African country. In a dedicatory prayer,...Read More
Natasha Beckley, a popular local musician, has recently started a ‘Trash to Treasure project’ in schools, a scheme which is aimed at bringing schools onboard in transforming trash within their various campuses to something useful. Twenty-four schools were selected to be part of the competition. The rapper said that the project is aimed at keeping...Read More
Judiciary of Sierra Leone, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 commenced an eight-day professional training for paralegals on Paralegal Studies. The training is being held at the Police multipurpose hall in Kingtom, Freetown. While officially declaring the training open, the Chief Justice His Lordship Justice...Read More
Asmaa James, a Sierra Leonean award-winning broadcast journalist, and Natasha Beckley, Miss Sierra Leone 2011 and musician, who are both judges for housemate Salone Season 3 on Monday, March 21,2022 awarded scholarship to aspiring Housemate contestant, Monica Admire Dumbuya. The scholarship was awarded to the housemate aspirant as a result of her audition which she...Read More
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (Mar. 23, 2022) – With the arrival of just over 500,000 new vaccines from the United States to Sierra Leone in March alone, the United States reached an important milestone of 500 million vaccines donated world-wide, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on Wednesday. The 200,000 Pfizer vaccines donated March 17...Read More
Detective Police Constable 13905 Mohamed Yusuf Jalloh attached to the Trans National Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) has on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 tendered 37 cartoons of Tramadol in the preliminary investigation into the alleged Importation of drug involving a Nigeria National Marcel Okechuku Zoro. The accused Marcel Okechuku Zoro was arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has conducted series of town hall meetings with over 500 stakeholders in Freetown, Waterloo, and Tombo in the Western Area Rural District. The engagements commenced in Freetown on Friday, March 11, 2022; followed by another in Freetown on Wednesday, March 16; Waterloo on Friday, 18 March 18, and Tombo on...Read More
Ali Ahmad Hudroge has on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, testified in the ongoing preliminary investigation into the alleged Le1 billion theft involving his office assistant Mohamed Alami Tarawally. The accused Mohamed Alami Tarawally made his second appearance in court and was arraigned on one count charge of Office Breaking and Larceny. According to the particulars...Read More
