By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States continues to be concerned about irregularities in the election results announced by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), the U.S. Department of State spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. Matthew Miller said, “Independent parallel vote tabulations and analyses by accredited national and international observation missions raise questions...Read More
New York City-based mining company, Tresor Gold, is currently raising capital to scale its gold projects in Sierra Leone for production within 18 months, while also pursuing strategic acquisitions of critical metal projects in West Africa. The company is leveraging geotechnical data, predictive analytics and local expertise to identify areas of favourable mineralisation, and through its intelligent research of artisanal activity and soil sampling, will...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, presided by the Honourable Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has on Thursday dismissed the recusal application made by Charles Francis Margai, Solicitor and Counsel for Patrick John and the PMDC (1st and 2nd Plaintiffs) against the Hon. Chief Justice and Hon. Justice Ansumana Ivan...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, and its Consumer, Private & Business Banking business in Tanzania. Each transaction remains subject to the approval of the respective local regulators...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Legal Aid Board has secured the discharge of eighteen accused persons from separate High Court sittings across the country from 5th June to 12th July 2023. Four of the accused persons were discharged by Justice Sulaiman Bah in Freetown; three by Justice Cosmotina Jarrett in Freetown; five by Justice A.R Mansaray in...Read More
