By Bridie Pearson-jones for Mailonline Freetown the Tree Town, the City of Freetown’s initiative, was among 15 finalists announced by Prince William for the 2023 Earthshot prize at the second Innovation Summit in New York. Freetown the Tree Town is combining community stewardship and digital tools in galvanising a grassroots movement for tree preservation in Sierra...Read More
Bangladesh is keen to assist Sierra Leone in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector alongside the field of agriculture, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told his Sierra Leonean counterpart yesterday in New York. “I also told him [the Sierra Leone minister] that apart from agriculture, we have also made great progress in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Alusine Sesay of the High Court of Sierra Leone has, when presiding over the call over of 43 accused persons on Tuesday 19th September, urged Jurors to be dedicated, cooperative and steadfast in their duty to determine the outcome of cases in court. There and about, after making this statement, he also...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Ahmed Al-Saleh, a Syrian National, who is also the Chief Security Officer has led evidence against three accused persons who allegedly broke into the Company’s facility at Kissy Dockyard in Freetown. The three, Dauda Kamara, Zachariah Swaray and Bai Fullah Kamara Alias I.T appeared before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No 1 at...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Sexual and Gender based violence is a serious and urgent concern in Sierra Leone. Globally, Sierra Leone is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. Regionally, the country has signed and domesticated the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Maputo Protocol....Read More
