By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has arrived in New York on Friday to assume his role as President of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, for the month of August. This marks a historic moment as Sierra Leone takes the helm of the world’s foremost body for maintaining international...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka In a bid to promote gender equality and inclusivity, the Parliament of Sierra Leone has in its first meeting of the second session on Thursday, August 8, 2024 approved Mrs Asmaa James, Fatmata Sawaneh and other presidential nominees going as ambassadors and other crucial positions. The approval of the Presidential Nominees in...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has on Thursday, August 8, 2024, joined the Office of National Security (ONS) to launch the National Security Policy and Strategy (NSPS). The event brought together representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and International Community at the Foreign Service Academy Hall, Tower Hill...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Jude Advocate Mark Ngegba, who presides in the ongoing Court-martial trial for soldier who allegedly participated in the November 26, 2023 coup d’état, has on Thursday, August 8, 2024 ordered for one Corporal Abu Bakarr Koroma of the 4th Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces to be tried separately...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The U.S. Peace Corps on Friday hosted an official swearing-in and commissioning ceremony for six new volunteers at the Peace Corps Training Center in Kambia. U.S. Ambassador Bryan Hunt welcomed representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Basic, Senior & Secondary Education, and Ministry of Foreign...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and seven board members that were presiding over the court-martial trial for the past eight months have on Friday, August 9, 2024 sentenced Lieutenant Colonel Charles Yamba and 23 others to a jail term of 120 years plus for various offences including Conspiracy to commit Mutiny, Mutiny, Failure to...Read More
By Sallieu S, Kanu Sierra Leone’s president called Wednesday for “mutual trust and respect” between his country and Burkina Faso during a meeting with its junta chief. Julius Maada Bio and Captain Ibrahim Traore met in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou as Sierra Leone this month holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council. According...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Conrad Sackey, has shared insights into the government’s efforts to combat learning poverty at the literacy instruction workshop held at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The workshop was organized by CODE WECARE and The Association of Language & Literacy Educators Reading Sierra Leone (TALLER-SL). Minister...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Abubakar Conteh, 26, has pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny when he made his first appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road court No.2 in Freetown. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused on Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Law Court building on Siaka Steven Street in Freetown...Read More
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2024: Freetown City Council announced August 6, 2024 that it will be distributing 25,000 tree saplings to the capital’s households, from 16th to 18th August 2024. When planted, this will add to the hundreds of thousands of trees that have so far been planted across the city to improve environmental...Read More
