A new policy by the Government of Sierra Leone requires all mining Company and other large-scale commercial interest companies enjoying fuel concessions to directly import their own fuel or enter into a foreign currency denominated contract with any of the oil marketing Companies and payment made in foreign currency effective June 1, 2022. This was contained in policy directive issued by the Ministry of Finance as part of Government’s effort...Read More

Former President of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma is in Dakar to participating in a two-day sub-regional dialogue on sustaining democratic principles in West Africa organised by the West African Elders Forum (WAEF).  The dialogue Forum which is taking place at the Terrou-Bi hotel, attracts states and non-state actors and subregional groups. The former President is joined by the ECOWAS Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, Hon. Veronica...Read More

The Legal Aid Board (LAB) on Monday, May 11, 2022,   secured the acquittal and discharge of a couple arraigned on murder charges from a Freetown High Court presided by Hon. Justice John Bosco Alieu, JA. The two, Daymoh Bangura and her husband, Sholay Val-Renner, who had been in court on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit murder and murder were acquitted and discharged on Thursday, May 5, 2022, following...Read More

Sierra Leone’s President) Dr. Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 affirmed the review of the Local Content Act 2016.President Bio made this disclosure during the State Opening of Parliament in the Chamber of Parliament Building Tower Hill, Freetown.“The Agency will soon review the Local Content Act 2016 to address grey areas and take advantage of opportunities embedded in the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) for the local private...Read More

The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has secured funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen the Board’s capacity to support access to justice for victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases and provide primary justice services in three chiefdoms in the Moyamba district. The project is aimed at ensuring timely and speedy investigation of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases reported at the Family Support...Read More