KENYA, NAIROBI, February 1, 2022 – Following another tragic death in Sierra Leone due to female genital mutilation (FGM), women’s rights organizations across the country and around the world have come together to co-sign an open letter calling on the Government of Sierra Leone to criminalize FGM and protect women and girls from this harmful...Read More
Peter Kargbo, a student, has been found guilty of manslaughter and convicted to 15 years in prison by Justice Komba Kamanda on Tuesday January 31, 2022. The case of the accused Peter Kargbo was listed for hearing in Freetown during the Judicial Week. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on August 28, 2016...Read More
The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA), Fodeba Dabohon Monday January 31, 2022,made an inspection visit to the Octopus Group of Companies,an agro business situated at Makonkonday village at Newton. The investment occupies a 120-acre industrial farm space in the western Area Rural District. The purpose of the visit was to assess the...Read More
Freetown, 31 January 2022. The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has put modalities in place to provide legal representation to 1,013indigent inmates whose matters have been listed for hearing during the Judicial Week. The Board’s preparedness came following final discussions with the Chief Justice of the republic of Sierra Leone, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards...Read More
The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts at 27 Liverpool Street in the centre of Freetown has on Saturday, January 29, 2022 concluded a three-day school bands gala concert at the academy’s miniauditorium. The bandsthat participated in the concert are:Five Star Brass from Ballanta Academy, Lumley High School band, Sierra LeoneArmy Forces (RSLAF) Regimental...Read More
Tricycle groups have organised themselves into an association to support the growth of their businesses and ensure sustainability of this model of household waste collection in Freetown. Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr spoke yesterday at the launch of the Waste Collection Management Association. With youth unemployment at an all-time high in Sierra Leone, and poverty...Read More
The largest agricultural company in Sierra Leone which is growing oil palm and producing Crude Palm Oil (CPO),Socfin Agricultural Company has joined the prestigious group of companies around the world as a certified member of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The long and arduous road of ensuring compliance has taken several years and...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday January 28, 2022 pronounced Antonio Rüdiger as Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador during a brief ceremony attended by family members, well-wishers and government officials in Freetown. Antonio Rüdiger is a Sierra Leonean-German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club, Chelsea and the...Read More
The Judiciary of Sierra Leone will today commence a nationwide ‘Judicial Week’, to increase access to justice and decongest Correctional Centres across the country. The Judiciary said in statement on Friday that,during this Judicial Week, a total of 1,013 inmates would be given the opportunity to have their incarcerations reviewed in Prison Courts sitting outside...Read More
The Aureol Insurance Company Ltd has on Friday January 28, 2022 started a year-long 35th anniversary celebration with athanksgiving at the Masjid Hamdallah, Naimbana Street in Freetown. The thanksgiving was well attended by Board of Directors, Managing Director and other staff of the Company. The Managing Director of Aureol Insurance Company, Raymond Macaulay said, “Today...Read More
