A building contractor John R. Taylor was on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 granted bail in the sum of Le250 million by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba road court No.1. The accused was arraigned on allegation of 30 thousand Pounds fraud. Taylor is before the court on one count charge of fraudulent conversion contrary to section 20...Read More
The Sierra Leonean Krio is among the latest languages to find its way on the Google Translate Service. Krio is an English-based Creole language of Sierra Leone. It is the first language of about 350,000 people and is used as a lingua franca by over 4 million. It is spoken by 87% of Sierra Leone’s population....Read More
The Legal Aid Board with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a two-day training workshop on improving access to justice for victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases in Kono and Kailahun Districts. Twenty staff, 10 each from the Legal Aid Board and the Kenema based human rights organization, Humanist Watch...Read More
Despite significant efforts to maintain malaria programming through the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and several Commonwealth countries are falling behind in the race to halve malaria cases and incidence by 2023. The Commonwealth is currently off track to achieving the commitment to halve malaria by 2023,as agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in...Read More
Sierra Leone’s health authorities on Monday said the country has recorded over 2,600 obstetric fistula cases, a type of childbirth injury for women, since 2020. Obstetric fistula is preventable through the provision of quality care at birth and most cases can be repaired surgically, said Francis Moses, a health expert of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health...Read More
