By Stephen V. Lansana Director of CenTHRO making a statement Freetown, August 27, 2024 — The Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the Centre on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach (CenTHRO) at the University of Georgia and various key stakeholders, held a crucial Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Human Trafficking at the Bintumani Hotel in Aberdeen, Freetown. Themed “Domesticating the Freetown Roadmap and Enhancing Inter-Ministerial Coordination to Combat Human Trafficking,” the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Hon. Acting Chief Justice Hon. Justice Nicholas C. Browne-Marke has called on the people in the southern district of Bo District to employ what he called “community parenting” to counter the increased crime rate. The Ag. Chief Justice made this call while addressing over two hundred inmates at the Male Correctional Centre in Bo which was built for eighty (80) inmates. He disclosed that the Male...Read More
By George M.O. Williams In an unprecedented move, Chief Minister Dr. David Sengeh on Friday, August 30, 2024, paid fines to the tune of Nle111,700 for 47 inmates incarcerated in the Pujehun Correctional Centre, for various petty offences, according to a statement from the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS). This gesture will help reduce overcrowding in the Pujehun Correctional Centre which was constructed to originally house seventy- six (76) inmates....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Hussein Antar, Jamal Antar and Sulaiman Barrie were on Thursday, August 29, 2024 sent to jail by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 for allegedly providing funds for the transportation and Importation of chemical weapons without license. The accused persons made their first appearance in court and were arraigned on 32 charges ranging from conspiracy, providing funds for the transportation of chemical weapons, providing funds...Read More
ByAmerica Times News Service August 29, 2024 Must read Briefing by Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the United Nations’ Security Council meeting: Threats to International… August 31, 2024 Remarks by Ambassador Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Threats to International Peace and Security August 31, 2024 Remarks by Ambassador Geng Shuang at the...Read More
