By Nick Roll Solomon K. Russell walks down a narrow dirt path, surrounded by teak trees that block out the sunlight and cool the afternoon air. He leaps over a column of fat black ants running across the trail, and the forest suddenly, unnaturally, ends. A denuded strip of beige earth stretches over an area the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Justice Alhaji Momoh Jah Stevens JA has on Monday sentenced one Ibrahim Sorie Mumu Jalloh to Fifteen years imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually penetrating a fourteen years old child. Jalloh, the convict had been charged for the offence of Sexual Penetration. M.P. Sesay, who represented the state in prosecuting the case,...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The defense for Member of Parliament for the main opposition All People’s Congress party representing Constituency 066 in Karene district, Mohamed Bangura, has presented a no-case submission, while the defense for the Chairperson of the party in Tonkolili district, Yabom Sesay, failed to do so. During the hearing on November 8th 2022 at...Read More
By Agnes Aineah The Justice and Peace arm of Caritas Freetown has joined organizations working to ensure that the June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone are free of chaos. The development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown is one of the organizations that participated in a workshop that was organized by AGIAMONDO, a...Read More
Number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and north-east Bangladesh highest in over 30 years As COP27 commenced in Egypt, UNICEF warns this year has brought overwhelming flooding to at least 27.7 million children in 27 countries worldwide. A large majority of the 27.7 million children affected by flooding in 2022 are among...Read More
