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By Shreya Dasgupta Sierra Leone communities sign carbon agreement based on carbon justice principles© Mongabay More than 220 communities in Sierra Leone have signed a benefit-sharing carbon agreement with a developer that will help protect a key mangrove ecosystem. Namati Sierra Leone, a legal advocacy group counseling all involved communities, said the agreement between the communities in the chiefdom of Sittia...
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By Ibrahim S. Bangura KAMBIA DISTRICT – In a landmark cultural initiative, the Bramaia Artists Union will host a joint concert with the Khonimakha Chiefdom Artists Union on January 5, 2026, at the Saint Mary Secondary School Complex in Kukuna Town, Bramaia. The event seeks to heal historical divisions and promote lasting peace between the two...
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By Fatima Kpaka Principal Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of the Freetown Magistrate Court No.1 has on Monday, November 10, 2025, committed Abdul Kanu and Mohammed Abu Turay to the High Court for trial over allegations of wrongfully exposing the travel manifest of President Julius Maada Bio and his entourage to the United Kingdom. Charges The two...
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By Fatima Kpaka Parliament on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, officially swore in Hon. Mohamed Shebora Bangura of Kambia District as a Member of Parliament, following the passing of the late Hon. Ernest Dura Koroma. Hon. Bangura will now represent the people of Tonko Limba in the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone. The...
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By Fatima Kpaka KONO – Justice Santigie Ibrahim Sorie Bangura of the High Court in Kono has sentenced Shekuba Mansaray to 15 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to sexually penetrating a 12-year-old girl. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Mansaray was tried on one count of sexual penetration of a child, contrary...
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