BY SANIYA SAKENOVA in BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL on 21 JUNE 2024 ASTANA – Kazakhstan has transferred digital components of its e-government to Sierra Leone through grant assistance from the Kazakhstan Agency for International Development (KazAID) at the Sierra Leone Innovates 2024 summit, which took place from June 11 to 13 in Freetown. Photo credit: KazAID The export of Kazakh IT solutions resulted from a memorandum of cooperation signed between the Kazakh Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has on Thursday, June 20th, 2024 conducted a training for over 20 Journalists in Freetown at the Peace Museum. The purpose of the training was to provide journalists with the required knowledge and skill to report stories with a focus on their human right aspect. Speaking before the commencement of the training, Millicent Kargbo, Deputy Director of Education,...Read More
Vienna, Austria, 24 June 2024 – The Government of Sierra Leone and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) will partner to boost the country’s socioeconomic development. This was part of the discussion between the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, and IsDB Group Chairman, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser. The meeting took place in the Austrian capital Vienna on June 24, 2024, on the sidelines of the Arab Coordination Group...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker on Friday June 21st 2024 ordered that Issa Sall a foreign exchange businessman be remanded at the Pademba Road court No: 3 for allegedly obtaining over US $ 10, 000 from Mohamed Kajalee Sall on the pretext that he would facilitate his traveling to Australia. The accused was charged with the offences of Conspiracy to Defraud, Obtaining Money by False Pretenses and Causing...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Fifty-three-year-old Akim Bangura, a business man made his first appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 in Freetown in a case where he is alleged to have obtained the sum of Le 20, 000 by falsely pretending that he would facilitate for the daughter of one Zainab Kamara to travel to Canada. According to the particulars of offence sometimes between the 1st and the...Read More
