By Salieu S. Kanu Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Umaru Napoleon Koroma on August 27, 2024. has joined other government functionaries to launch projects funded by the Diamond Area Community Development Fund (DACDF) in Kenema, Bo, Kenema, and Pujehun districts. Koroma has been a strong advocate for citizens to enjoy maximum benefits from minerals extracted in their communities. Established by the Government of Sierra Leone, the DACDF Fund...Read More
Bo, Sierra Leone, 28th August 2024 – The Acting Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Hon. Justice Nicholas C. Browne-Marke, officially inaugurated new Magistrate and High Court buildings in Bo, the country’s second-largest city, located in the Southern Region. This event marks a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to enhance the judiciary’s capacity for effective justice delivery. In his keynote address, Justice Browne-Marke expressed his satisfaction with the completion of...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Hundreds of women farmers from Mayobo, Moria, Makaray, and Makarie communities in Bombali district on Monday, August 26, 2024, protested the destruction of their rice farms by cattle owned by the former regent chief of Makarie chiefdom, Ibrahim Dawoh. The protest was staged in front of the residence of PC Bai Makarie N’kolo. The protesting women farmers claimed Dawoh’s let loose his cattle to destroy their...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Mamoud Kamara, an engineer at Africell, Alie Barrie, and Amara Sesay were arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 over an alleged theft at Sierratel facility in Port Loko district. The accused are standing in on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit a crime contrary to law and Larceny contrary to section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. The charge sheet...Read More
Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-turned foreign minister of Sierra Leone has urged greater international support for the key accords, highlighting their importance in rehabilitating him and tens of thousands of his fellow compatriots following the country’s bitter civil war. “I stand here today as a former child soldier, forcefully recruited during the civil conflict that decimated over 50,000 of my compatriots… I wouldn’t...Read More
