In another related matter, Court of Appeal Judge Hon. Justice John Bosco Allieu has sentenced 24-year-old housewife, Saffinatu Bangura to life in prison for murder. A 10-member-jury unanimously returned a guilty verdict in respect of a one count indictment of murder. The State had alleged that Saffinatu, on June 13, 2018 at During Town in the...Read More
With support from YPPD and Cordaid, representatives of the Youth Empowerment and Development Organization in Tonkolili District facilitated a mediation process consisting of a series of meetings and dialogue sessions between the Local Police, a Local Mining Company, Office of National Security and the Paramount Chief. The objective of the mediation process was for a peaceful...Read More
*Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 1st April 2022: Court of Appeal Judge, Hon. Justice Monfred Sesay, has sentenced 37-year-old Stone Miner, Foday Sesay to 30 years in prison for murder. It follows a unanimous guilty verdict of an eleven-member jury against Foday Sesay in respect of a count indictment of Murder....Read More
Freetown, 31 March 2022 – Exactly two years ago today, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone. This index case detected in Freetown was of a Sierra Leonean national who had travelled back from abroad and tested positive while in a mandatory government managed quarantine. Over the past two years, the country has...Read More
The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone has completed its “Preservation and Promotion of the Legacy of the Residual Special Court Project” which was initiated in September 2020, Registrar Binta Mansaray said on Thursday. The Project was funded by Global Affairs Canada, the department of the Canadian government that, among other functions, is tasked with leading...Read More
