A female high court judge in Freetown, Justice Manuela Harding has explained how she was beaten up, abused and humiliated by a bike rider Patrick Gospel Koroma at Hill Station in December 2021. An allegation the accused Patrick pleaded guilty to before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Pademba Road Court No.3 for which he was remanded...Read More
Accra, Ghana, February 28, 2022—IFC has appointed Kyle Kelhofer as Senior Country Manager for Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Kelhofer, who previously worked for IFC in Ghana, brings almost 30 years of global development experience to his new role supporting private sector growth, job creation, and recovery from COVID-19 in West Africa. A United...Read More
In its effort to heightening public knowledge on corruption, the Public Education and Outreach Department of the Anti-Corruption Commission north-west regional office has on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 engaged personnel of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces in Kambia District. Addressing officers, the Regional Manager Al-Hassan Sesay recognized and acknowledged...Read More
UN Photo/Martine Perret An estimated 33% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province have experienced child trafficking, and 36% have experienced child labor, according to a new collaborative report from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia. The report—Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Sierra Leone—represents...Read More
H.E Ambassador Hu Zhangliang and the Minister of Sport turning the sod for the rehabilitation of the Siaka Stevens stadium A China-aided national stadium rehabilitation project in Sierra Leone was officially handed to a Chinese construction company Friday. The project contracted by China’s Gansu Construction Investment Holding Group Limited is set to officially commence in March...Read More
