By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — A nurse identified as Elizabeth Konneh was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment by Magistrate John Manson Fornah at the Pademba Road Court No.2 after pleading guilty to the theft of a mobile phone. Konneh stood accused of Larceny, contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. The...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone: A landmark petition over ancestral land rights in Kasafoni has ignited a national reckoning over human rights, legal compliance, and governmental accountability—marking the first formal challenge of its kind since the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Community members from Dansogoia, Sambaia, and Diang Chiefdoms have filed grievances against...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura San Jose, California: Sierra Leone’s distinguished academic and global education advocate, Dr. Donald Taylor, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Men of the Year Award at the 2025 Salone Awards of Excellence USA, held in San Jose, California. The ceremony celebrated his decades of pioneering work in communication, leadership, and international education....Read More
Pa Baimba Sesay In the influential volume, Communication and Change in the Developing Countries, co-edited by Daniel Lerner and Wilbur Schramm, political scientist Lucian W. Pye argued that communication is a vital instrument for political and social development; that when the press abandons its essential role, it not only hinders its own evolution as a social...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The judiciary and legal community of Sierra Leone are bereaved following the passing of Hon. Justice Dr. Abu Bakarr Binneh Kamara, Judge of the Court of Appeal and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Fourah Bay College. He died on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Choithram Memorial Hospital in Freetown after a...Read More
