Dili, Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia, Thursday, 19 May 2022: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), Dr. Francis Mustapha Kai-Kai has called at the office of the President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Aniceto Guterres Lopes, requesting for support for Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council. Dr. Kai-Kai made the request during his meeting with the...Read More
Four people have been held in custody in connection with the killing of Mohamed Kamara, a student of the United Brethen in Christ (UBC) school in Bo, according to police sources. An autopsy conducted on the remains of Kamara had shown that he died due to strangulation on Friday May 13, 2022. He deceased was in Junior Secondary School three (JSS3). According to family sources, Mohamed Kamara was staying with...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and education dignitaries from 16 Africa Countries have developed and presented a manifesto which seeks to address gender inequality in education in Africa and the World at large. The manifesto was developed during a 3-day high-level dialogue at the Bintumani Conference Centre in Freetown. The event was facilitated by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI) and United Nations Children’s...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has said in a statement that aggrieved students alleged to have paid monies to unknown person, who do not have no connection to the Wellington Senior Secondary School (Orphanage) for them to be assisted to take the ongoing West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). MBSSE also said in the statement that, all affected students alleged to have paid monies ranging...Read More
Justice Momoh Jah Stevens presiding the Sexual Offense Model Court on Friday, May 20, 2022, sentenced 33-year-old Alhaji Fofana to 15 years in prison for sexually penetrating an eight-year-old girl. The convict was before the court on one count of sexual penetration of a child contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2012, as repealed and replaced by Section 4 of the Sexual Offence (Amendment) Act, 2019....Read More
