Members of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) Steering Committee on February 17, 2022, met at the Office of the Vice President, Tower Hill, Freetown, and discussed issues relating to the implementation of the current NACS which runs from 2019 to 2023. Chairperson of the Steering Committee, Francess Alghali, who also doubles as the Minister of...Read More
We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unprecedented military aggression against Ukraine. By its unprovoked and unjustified military actions, Russia is grossly violating international law and undermining European and global security and stability. We call on Russia to immediately cease the hostilities, withdraw its military from Ukraine and fully respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty...Read More
The state Counsel lawyer O. V. Robbin Mason prosecuting the alleged murder of Sonia Mary Thomas involving Elizabeth Mande Judith Kanu has on Thursday 24 February 2022 closed the case for the prosecution after leading the eighth prosecution witness in court. The accused Elizabeth Mande Judith Kanu is arraigned before Magistrate SahrKekura of Pademba Road court...Read More
The Executive Director of LEGAL LINK, Rashid Dumbuya Esq, said that legal link and other related institutions had not been consulted in the entireprocess leading to the amendment of sections Vof the Local Government Act of 2004. It should be noted that only section V of the said Act was amended to extend the tenure...Read More
Freetown. The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has secured the discharge of a total of 234accused persons from various High Courts around the country during the just concluded Judicial Week which commenced on Monday 31 January 2022 and ended on Friday 4 February 2022. The 234 accused persons were discharged by twenty six judges deployed in...Read More
The three Kenyan Tourism Wildlife Experts, Michael Wanjua, Bernard Ngoro and Maurine Musimbi have concluded their nationwide assessment and exploration of Sierra Leone’s national parks and tourism resources at Mamunta, Mayosso in Tonkolili district. The Kenyan experts together with officials from the Tourism Ministry, National Tourist Board, National Protected Area Authority and Conservation Society started...Read More
The wife of the late Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Joseph Pizarro Christian Charley (popularly known as AIG Chris Charley) has sued the Minister of Health and Sanitation, the Medical Superintendent (Officer In Charge) of 34 Military Hospital, and the Attorney General & Minister of Justice on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone at the High Court of Sierra...Read More
On February,22, 2022, Senior Human Rights advocates, including Abdul M. Fatoma,Chief Executive of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), made a formal request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Prison officials to visit Mr. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, an opposition politician, at one of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service’s facilities in Freetown....Read More
One girl narrates to DW how she proved her mother and her teachers wrong by finishing school and starting college despite being a teenage mother. When MariatuAjiatuKalokoh got pregnant at 17, her parents were furious. “My mum wanted to drive me out of the house,” Mariatu, who lived at the time in Lumley Beach, on...Read More
More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments GENEVA/NEW YORK, 22 February 2022 – More than half of parents and pregnant women (51 percent) surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF...Read More
