New York, USA, Monday 19 September 2022 – Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, has praised His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio for his leadership and sought support to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV during a courtesy call on the margins of the Transforming Education Summit. She commended the President for his commitment to girls’ education and girls’ safety and spoke about...Read More
New York, USA, Monday 19 September 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed the Transforming Education Summit on the topic ‘Towards Education Transformation, as a global champion, and using the country’s examples to urgently address what has been aptly referred to as a learning crisis. “In Sierra Leone, we have been aggressively transforming our education sector since 2018. We have done so in order to address...Read More
By Jean Gollo 24-year-old Lamin is from Sierra Leone. He has never tried to reach Europe and dreams of building his life in Tunisia, where he wants to start his own business. Although his situation is far from perfect in the absence of a legal work contract, Lamin reports that he takes everything in stride. Portrait. « There is no future in my country (…) and violence reigns across the region », he tells...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The case arose when Joseph, Sheku Jalloh a former military officer, including six others, was found in possession of fire arms using threatening language and obstructing the Paramount Chieftaincy polls which was being conducted in Samaia Bendugu. The Preliminary investigations in the matter continue as about eight prosecution witnesses have testified. Yesterday Tuesday 20th September, 2022, led in evidence by state Prosecutor A. G. M. Bocakarie Esq.,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba road court No1 has on Tuesday made an order for an accused person, Alimamy Kamara, to be taken for psychiatric assessment at the Kissy Mental Home for 30 days. Alimamy Kamara, the 18th accused person among a group of those arrested on the 10th of August 2022, amidst the riots has reportedly been mentally ill. His lawyer M. Bangura said when he...Read More
