By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) in collaboration with GIZ, a German Cooperation, and its partners on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, concluded a three-day stakeholders’ workshop on the review of the Local Content Agency Act 2016 in Freetown. The review process is supported by GIZ under the Regional Intergovernmental Organization (RIGO)...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Tombo, the heartland of the APC in the Western Area Rural District, turns green, as Chief Abdul Kadiru Kaikai paid the people an honorable visit in getting them to believe that President Bio inarguably deserves another term. Abdul Kadiru Kaikai, a dynamic young man, passionate about the governance system of President Bio, has...Read More
Analysis finds global practice is a major driver of marine ecosystems’ destruction and is estimated to run up to $50bn A patrol vessel escorting a Chinese-flagged fishing ship after it was caught illegally operating in Argentina’s exclusive economic zone. Photograph: Argentina’s Navy Press Office/AFP/Getty Images Developing countries are losing billions of dollars due to illegal, unreported and...Read More
By Alusine Sesay The government of Sierra Leone has authorized the deforestation of communities through the lifting of a ban on logging and transporting of timber. It could be recalled that the government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the temporal suspension of all logging and transporting of timber products across the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh A High Court in Freetown president by Justice Komba Kamanda on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, sentenced Ibrahim Bangura alias No 9 to 270 months in prison for conspiracy, aggravated robberies and unlawful possession of firearm. According to the particulars of offense, the convict Ibrahim Bangura Alias No.9 on April 1, 2017, at Mamammah...Read More
