By Alimatu Jalloh Justice Adrian Fisher of the High Court has on Friday, 28 April 28, 2023 adjourned the matter between the state and Dr Samura Kamara and five others on July 14, 2023, after the presidential election would has been conducted. The judge rejected an application made by Lawyers representing Samura Kamara for passport of be released to enable him travel to the United Kingdom. Before given his ruling,...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion (ICPNC) was officially launched on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the Bintumani International Conference Center in Freetown. The Launching Ceremony brought together different national and international stakeholders who made statement that will foster peace and national cohesion in Sierra Leone. It was observed that the President and Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone were absent for...Read More
By Alusine Sesay A large majority (78 percent) of Sierra Leone’s population is food insecure and one in five households (20 percent) are severely food insecure, according to a new report by the World Food Programme (WFP). WFP Sierra Leone Country Office: “Food Security Monitoring System Report” which was published on April 19, 2023, shows that despite this, the Global Acute Malnutrition rate in children under 5 (by MUAC) remains...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Thursday, April 20, 2023, ratified several economic agreements. The agreements which were ratified by Parliament are: 1. Financing Agreement ( regional emergency solar power intervention project) between the Republic of Sierra Leone and the International Development Association; 2. A Subsidiary agreement between the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone represented by the Ministry of Finance and the Electricity Distribution...Read More
CTC Mining Commences Haulage of first Consignment of Bauxite to Pepel Port for Shipment The CTC Mining Sierra Leone Limited (Ltd.) on Thursday successfully hauled the first consignment of 50 tons of Bauxite to Pepel Port for shipment. It could be recalled that Kingho Railway and Port (KRP), the manager and operator of the railway and Pepel Port and a subsidiary of the Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG), on Friday,...Read More
