By Fatima Kpaka Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and seven board members that were presiding over the court-martial trial for the past eight months have on Friday, August 9, 2024 sentenced Lieutenant Colonel Charles Yamba and 23 others to a jail term of 120 years plus for various offences including Conspiracy to commit Mutiny, Mutiny, Failure to Suppress...Read More
By Sallieu S, Kanu Sierra Leone’s president called Wednesday for “mutual trust and respect” between his country and Burkina Faso during a meeting with its junta chief. Julius Maada Bio and Captain Ibrahim Traore met in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou as Sierra Leone this month holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council. According to...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Conrad Sackey, has shared insights into the government’s efforts to combat learning poverty at the literacy instruction workshop held at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The workshop was organized by CODE WECARE and The Association of Language & Literacy Educators Reading Sierra Leone (TALLER-SL). Minister Sackey...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Abubakar Conteh, 26, has pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny when he made his first appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road court No.2 in Freetown. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused on Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Law Court building on Siaka Steven Street in Freetown did...Read More
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2024: Freetown City Council announced August 6, 2024 that it will be distributing 25,000 tree saplings to the capital’s households, from 16th to 18th August 2024. When planted, this will add to the hundreds of thousands of trees that have so far been planted across the city to improve environmental and...Read More
