A female high court judge in Freetown, Justice Manuela Harding has explained how she was beaten up, abused and humiliated by a bike rider Patrick Gospel Koroma at Hill Station in December 2021. An allegation the accused Patrick pleaded guilty to before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Pademba Road Court No.3 for which he was...Read More
Accra, Ghana, February 28, 2022—IFC has appointed Kyle Kelhofer as Senior Country Manager for Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Kelhofer, who previously worked for IFC in Ghana, brings almost 30 years of global development experience to his new role supporting private sector growth, job creation, and recovery from COVID-19 in West Africa. A...Read More
In its effort to heightening public knowledge on corruption, the Public Education and Outreach Department of the Anti-Corruption Commission north-west regional office has on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 engaged personnel of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces in Kambia District. Addressing officers, the Regional Manager Al-Hassan Sesay recognized and...Read More
UN Photo/Martine Perret An estimated 33% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province have experienced child trafficking, and 36% have experienced child labor, according to a new collaborative report from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia. The report—Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Sierra...Read More
H.E Ambassador Hu Zhangliang and the Minister of Sport turning the sod for the rehabilitation of the Siaka Stevens stadium A China-aided national stadium rehabilitation project in Sierra Leone was officially handed to a Chinese construction company Friday. The project contracted by China’s Gansu Construction Investment Holding Group Limited is set to officially commence in...Read More
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in collaboration with its partners has set a target of reaching 70% of the general population with COVID-19 vaccines. This was made know at a 5 day microplanning exercise organized by the Africa Centers for Disease, Prevention and Control (CDC) at the Golden Tulip on Friday. In his...Read More
The Guma Valley Water Company on Saturday, February 26, 2022 concluded a two-day retreat at the Guma main dam at Regent outside the capital Freetown. The theme for this year’s retreat is “Creating a sustainable Water Supply Service in the Western Area”. Declaring the retreat open, the Minister of Water Resources, Ing. Philip Lansana said...Read More
Di Maria A. Koroma popularly known as Ria, is representing Sierra Leone in a beauty pageant titled: ‘Miss Africa Golden Beauty Pageant’ in Nigeria. The show will run from Friday, February 25 to Saturday, March 5, 2022 in Lagos. Miss African Golden is a Pageant which aims at helping people around Africa to get better...Read More
Honourable Justice Komba Kamanda has vacated the injunctive reliefs granted by Hon. Justice Samuel O. M Taylor (JA) against conducting the Paramount Chieftaincy Election of Neya Chiefdom, Falaba District in the northern province of Sierra Leone. “In view of what I have said, the injunctive reliefs granted in the instant matter is a nonstarter. In...Read More
The New Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority [SLRSA] Reverend Smart K. Senesie on Friday, February 25, 2022 drastically reduced the cost of motor riders license from Le700,000 to Le380,000 with immediate effect. This action by the Executive Director was in response to an appeal made by Executive members of Motor Bike...Read More
