Under its umbrella association named Commercial Agricultural Producers and Processors Association (CAPPA), the body has provided over 12,300 jobs nationwide of which 25% are women. CAPPA members now have Sierra Leoneans in senior management teams with over 30 Sierra Leoneans employed in management positions which will grow as more experience and skills are developed.CAPPA was formed in 2016 by a group of Commercial Agricultural Companies operating in various areas within Sierra...Read More
A 24-year-old Bockarie Kanneh has been committed to the high Court for proper trial after it was ruled by Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown that he has a case to answer. The accused was arraigned on one count charge of Fraudulent Conversion contrary to section 20 (1) (iv) (a) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of offence, on Sunday, August 8, 2021...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Hundreds of traders mostly women have been rendered jobless when security personnel destroyed their stalls along the Sani Abache Street in the central business district of Freetown during a curfew on Wednesday. Security personnel have now been stationed to enforce a non-trading regulation in Abacha Street. This comes few weeks to the reopening of schools when the traders mostly single-parent women, will have to raise funds...Read More
By Alusine Sesay The leader of the main opposition {All People’s Congress) in Parliament, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah has urged the government on Tuesday to take immediate steps to ameliorate the security situation in the country and consolidate peace. The opposition leader told a news conference in Committee Room 1 in Parliament that “on the 10th of August, 2022, our country suffered yet another phase of shocking violence emanating...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Country Director of UNICEF, Dr. Suleiman Braimoh presenting the keys of the donated vehicles to the Inspector General of Police Mr. William Fayia Sellu. In a bid to enhance operations of the Family Support Unit (FSU), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, donated two brand-new vehicles to the Sierra Leone Police. Presenting the vehicles to the Inspector General of Police...Read More
