Police Sergeant Issa Kamara on Monday, August 29, 2022 before magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba road court No1 tendered harmful implements that were allegedly used by the accused persons to rob the complainant at Wongor Mining company. The accused persons Amadu Bello Mohamed Thailey, Augustine Korfuma aka councilor, Boibe Gibnia Conteh and Daniel Samura are...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Detective police sergeant Issa Kamara on Monday, August 29, 2022 tendered bunch of sticks in court in an alleged murder matter of one Amidu Kargbo. Four accused persons Abubakar Suleiman Kamara, Dora Samuella Kamara, Benjamin Mohamed Lamin Kamara and Imatu Suleiman Kamara were arraigned before magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba road court...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Lawyer representing Ishmael Bah, Mohamed S. Bah (all brothers of LAJ, a popular rapper) and nine others have filed an application for bail at the High Court presided by Justice Adrian Fisher pending the hearing and determination of their appeal. Alhaji Amadu Bah, Ishmael Bah, Mohamed S. Bah, Zunaika Jabbie, Abibatu Sesay,...Read More
On August 28, Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting Tunisia to attend the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8), held a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prof. David John Francis. At the outset of the meeting, Minister Hayashi expressed his gratitude to...Read More
At least seven people have lost their lives after torrential rains triggered flooding and landslides across parts of Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone on Sunday. Six people, including a child was reported to have died after a portion of mud which was hanging over their houses disembarked on adjacent homes in informal settlement in Looking...Read More
The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability. NEW YORK/NAIROBI/DAKAR, August 23,2022 – Children in the Horn of Africa and...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday, August 25, 2022, received Letters of Credence from heads of eight missions to Sierra Leone, warmly welcomed them during a formal presentation ceremony, and encouraged them to strengthen the healthy diplomatic relationships. Among the new heads of mission who presented their diplomatic credentials to the President...Read More
Lawyers seeking to provide counsel to the hundreds of people detained by the Sierra Leone Police at various police detention facilities across the country were denied access to the jails. Their families have repeatedly been denied access to them. The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) said in a letter to the Inspector General of Police...Read More
The Greek community across the Illawarra and South Coast of NSW saw 180 dignitaries and guests from the Greek community of Wollongong welcomed internationally renowned speaker, missionary and founder of Paradise 4 Kids, Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis, from Sierra Leone. The St Nektarios parish of Wollongong, with permission from Archbishop Makarios, hosted a fundraiser on...Read More
It is an indisputable fact that since the outbreak of the Russia and Ukraine war the supply of and access to petroleum products became disrupted simply because Russia is a main producer and supplier, coupled with the imposition of sanctions on Russia by the West, thereby seriously affecting smooth trading transactions. Sierra Leone, like any...Read More
