By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) stepped in on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, to mediate a growing dispute between the Association for Clearing and Forwarding Agencies Sierra Leone (ACFA-SL) and foreign shipping companies. The mediation session, held at the SLLCA’s office in Freetown, aimed to address complaints from ACFA-SL that foreign...Read More
Student Charged with Impersonating Police Officer in Court By Fatima Kpaka In a startling turn of events, Abubakar Sesay, a 25-year-old student, was dragged to court on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, for allegedly impersonating a police officer. The case was heard before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at the Pademba Road Court No. 2. Sesay faces two serious...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s headline inflation decreased by 29.10 percent, from 54.59 percent in October 2023 to 25.49 percent in August 2024, on account of a decline in the prices of both food and non-food items in the consumer price index basket, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL)...Read More
NOTIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (ESIA) OF THE JM MINING GOLD PROJECT DUE TO COMMENCE IN KENEMA DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE This notice serves to inform interested and/or affected persons/parties (I&APs) about the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) conducted with respect to the commencement of a large-scale underground gold...Read More
At the Chancery building of the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hon. Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabbah on September 29, 2024, joined the Embassy staff in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the MCC compact as Sierra Leone’s Foreign Policy victory. “We are here at the Embassy to celebrate...Read More
