By: COOPER INVEEN As Sierra Leone’s coastal capital awoke to the staccato rhythm of gunfire last Sunday, Canadian journalist Stephen Douglas Lett stood on his apartment balcony near downtown Freetown and sent phone messages to friends and colleagues. Renegade soldiers had breached the city’s largest barracks, pilfering ammunition in what authorities would later call an attempted...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio said the coup attempt of 26 November was not a political, religious, or tribal matter. Thirteen military personnel and one civilian were held as suspects in the claimed coup attempt. President Bio says his government is treating last week’s coup attempt purely as a matter of law and order, as...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Christian Lawyers Centre (hereinafter referred to as LEGAL LINK) on Thursday, November 30, 2023, condemned the violent attack in Freetown on Sunday, November 26, 2023 and called for an independent judge-led public inquiry into the security breaches and forceful opening of the male and female correctional centres. The government called the security...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Geneva, 04 December 2023 – Countries eligible for Gavi support can now apply to introduce diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine boosters (DTP boosters) – as well as to switch to hexavalent vaccine – a six-in-one vaccine that combines the pentavalent vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, whole-cell pertussis [DTwP], hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Supreme Court Judge, Justice Nicolas Browne Marke has issued a bench warrant against APC Sheriff and eight others inmates for failing to appear before the court during the November Criminal Session. During the call over ceremony, the learned judge stated that he was at the Freetown Correctional Centre to verify how many inmates...Read More
