In another related matter, Court of Appeal Judge Hon. Justice John Bosco Allieu has sentenced 24-year-old housewife, Saffinatu Bangura to life in prison for murder. A 10-member-jury unanimously returned a guilty verdict in respect of a one count indictment of murder. The State had alleged that Saffinatu, on June 13, 2018 at During Town in...Read More

With support from YPPD and Cordaid, representatives of the Youth Empowerment and Development Organization in Tonkolili District facilitated a mediation process consisting of a series of meetings and dialogue sessions between the Local Police, a Local Mining Company, Office of National Security and the Paramount Chief. The objective of the mediation process was for a...Read More

*Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 1st April 2022:  Court of Appeal Judge, Hon. Justice Monfred Sesay, has sentenced 37-year-old Stone Miner, Foday Sesay to 30 years in prison for murder. It follows a unanimous guilty verdict of an eleven-member jury against Foday Sesay in respect of a count indictment of...Read More

Freetown, 31 March 2022 – Exactly two years ago today, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone. This index case detected in Freetown was of a Sierra Leonean national who had travelled back from abroad and tested positive while in a mandatory government managed quarantine. Over the past two years, the country...Read More

The Residual Special   Court for Sierra Leone has completed its “Preservation and Promotion of the Legacy of the Residual Special Court Project” which was initiated in September 2020, Registrar Binta Mansaray said on Thursday. The Project was funded by Global Affairs Canada, the department of the Canadian government that, among other functions, is tasked with...Read More

Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2022/ — On March 29, 2022, Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006 ). It is the 23rd country in Africa, and the...Read More

Gilleh Scholz, a revered gospel singer, and Dr. Imambay Kamara, founder of the Disabled International Foundation, have been honored with the U.S President Lifetime Achievement Award.  This honour is the highest award in the land for volunteer services given by the President and government of the United States of America. Dr. Imambay Kamara  The purpose...Read More

Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has called on donor partners to support the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to strengthen healthcare delivery system. Vice President Jalloh stated that the partnership with donors and the Ministry of Health with shared goals, will make the team understand where to fill the necessary gaps and...Read More

Number of children dropping out of school poised to increase, emerging evidence shows NEW YORK, 30 March 2022 – As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, according to a new...Read More