Annual National Consumer Price Inflation (year-on-year) went down by 1.06 percent from 14.36 percent in June to 13.30 percent in July 2020; but the monthly consumer price inflation went up by 0.97 percent from 0.29 percent in June to 1.26 percent in July 2020, according to Statistics Sierra Leone Consumer Price Index July 2020. Annual Consumer...Read More
One of Sierra Leone’s leading media institutions, Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire was on Monday August 17, 2020, awarded in theSpecial Movie Awards (SMA) as the Best International Media House. AYV was awarded at the 2018 Special Movie Awards organized by Afrinity Productions in Banjul, the Gambia for its contribution to movie and entertainment industry...Read More
Josephine Gbantamoi alias Aminata Sillah and Komba Mbayoh were on Monday August 17,2020 admitted to Le300 million bail each after they appeared before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 on Pademba Road for an alleged financial impropriety. According to the Court’s charge sheet, both accused persons on the May 21,2020, conspired with...Read More
Four accused persons, Ishmael Koroma, Issa Alhaji Mansaray, Ernest Numeh Conteh and Lamin Tarawally were sent back to prison on Monday August 17, 2020 by Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road in Freetown after defense counsel cross-examined them in respect of the killing of Kadiatu Yeamie Kargbo. The police allege that the accused...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the operations of media institutions across Sierra Leone. Some radio stations have adjusted their broadcasting hours, while some newspapers have reduced their frequency of publication due to inadequate revenue mobilization, according to a report by the Media Foundation for West Africa. The report, Media and COVID-19 in Sierra Leone (March-June 2020),...Read More
