By Fatima Kpaka Sylvanus Mustapha Bockarie Fatoroma, a staff member of Commerce and Mortgage Bank (CMB), who was arrested on January 22, 2025, in connection with a large-scale financial fraud case, was granted bail yesterday by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No. 1. Fatoroma faces 28 charges, including: 12 counts of forgery, 13 counts of uttering forged documents, 1 count of conspiracy to defraud, and 1 count of...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Bo City, Southern Sierra Leone, March 7, 2025: The Chief Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Lordship Honourable Justice Komba Kamanda, officially opened the Sexual Offenses Model Court in Bo, marking the first of its kind in the Southern region and the third in the country. The resident High Court Judge in Bo District, Hon. Justice Francis Banks-Kamara, who chaired the occasion, emphasized that the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Falaba District, Sierra Leone – The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan Hunt, recently visited Falaba District in Northern Sierra Leone, where he engaged stakeholders of political parties and beneficiaries of a U.S.-funded project. Ambassador Hunt met with leaders from the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and the All Peoples Congress (APC). He emphasized the United States’ support for Sierra Leone’s ongoing democratization process and...Read More
By Ishmael Bayoh, Information Attachè, Sierra Leone Embassy Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal – On Thursday, March 6, 2025, the Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar facilitated the repatriation of 47 Sierra Leoneans who were deported from Mauritania. These individuals, mostly women and children, made their way to the embassy after being deported to the Senegal border by Mauritanian authorities. The Sierra Leonean deportees were initially sheltered under strenuous conditions at the...Read More
By George M.O. Williams State House, Freetown, Friday, 7 March 2025 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has been briefed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, along with the Country Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on Sierra Leone’s successful award of US$20 million from the Pandemic Fund, according to a statement from the Office of the President. The...Read More
