Secretary-General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has lauded the government of Sierra Leone for its many plans to develop the country’s maritime potential. Adalikwu said this in Freetown during his maiden visit to the West African country where he met with the country’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Moinama Kallon; Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mamadi Gobeh Kamara and...Read More
Everest Jones, a labourer, was yesterday before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba Road Court No.6 in Freetown on two counts of larceny and malicious damage. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on diverse dates in January 2022 at Mac Pharmacy, No.5 Freetown Road, Lumley in Freetown did steal one old Kipo generator battery valued at Le1,500,000, property of Ibrahim Muctar Kamara. On count two, the accused on the...Read More
The 2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population shows that Western Area Urban accounted for 606, 701 (8 percent) of the country’s 7,541,641 total population. But the report of the 2015 Census recorded a population of 1,055,964 in Western Area Urban representing 15 % of the total population. This figures shows that Freetown lost almost half its population, according to a report on the credibility of the Mid-Term census done by the...Read More
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (EC-SL) in collaboration with the German Embassy and the ECOWAS Commission has held a two-day capacity building training for journalists across the country to enhance credible, balance, fair and accurate elections reporting. The training which is co-funded by the European Union was held on the 6th -7th of June 2022, at the Mamba Point Hotel in Freetown. The training is part of the ECOWAS...Read More
Human Right Youth Coalition- Sierra Leone (HYRC-SL) with Support from UNDP has engaged residents of Dasse Chiefdom in Moyamba Chiefdom in a day community gender sensitive forum on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Sexual Offences Act, 2019. The training took place at the Dasse Barray Chiefdom in Moyamba District last Friday. In his statement, the lead facilitator, Mohamed E. Josiah...Read More
