The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), a civil society organisation, has urged the government, citizens and other civil society organisations to stop the current proposal in the Sierra Leone Parliament to increase the salaries of the Members of Parliament. The Bill, “Parliamentary Welfare Act 2022”, suggests that each member of parliament receives US$25,000 for vehicle each term and US$15,000 as medical allowance each year. The Bill recommends that...Read More
A Vietnamese delegation to Sierra Leone on Tuesday June 7, 2022 paid a courtesy call on President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The delegation expressed desire and interest for a stronger partnership with the country. It could be recalled that in March this year, President Bio and his delegation arrived in Hanoi, the capital city of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at the invitation of His...Read More
Abu Bakarr Suma, 24, was on Tuesday 7 June 2022 sent to prison by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 over allegation of timber theft. The accused was arraigned on two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32 (1) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on a date unknown between March 15, to May 15, 2022, at...Read More
It’s 6am and still dark when runners cross the start line at Wusum Stadium in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone, for what promises to be an eventful day. By the time the sun rises, and the heat really starts to turn up, hundreds of runners are already well on their way to completing the physically intense 26.2-mile marathon course. Around 800 people – including around 70 international runners – travelled to Makeni to raise hundreds...Read More
The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone on Monday, June 6, 2022, celebrated World Environment Day (June 5) with a poetry and arts competition organised by the Sierra Leone School Green Club with financial support from the EU Delegation. Ten selected secondary schools in Freetown participated in the arts and poetry competition onthe theme of the World Environment Day: ‘We Have #OnlyOneEarth, let’s Take Care of It’. This...Read More
