AdvocAid has filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court of justice in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Government of Sierra Leone, seeking to overturn the country’s discriminatory loitering laws. The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Sierra Leonean lawyer, Eleanor Thompson, are legal representatives of the Plaintiff. Loitering is a petty offence that is defined in the Public Order Act of...Read More
The Intervarsity Sports, which has not been in existence for over 14 years, has once again been resuscitated through the leadership of Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie, Minister of Technical and Higher Education. The essence of the whole exercise is to bolster friendliness among students of tertiary institutions. The athletics competition, which occurred on 28th and 29th April, 2022 at Bo Mini Stadium, came after a football and volleyball tournament had...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined colleague employees in the country to commemorate May Day or International Labour Day, urging workers in Sierra Leone to ensure fairness at their different workplaces. Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, Max Conteh, thanked the President for gracing the occasion and all workers and affiliate unions that had committed to nationbuilding, saying that the conference was intended to solidify their strength...Read More
Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding the Pademba Road Court No. 1 on Wednesday May 4, 2022 committed the matter between the State versus Alfred Mohamed Bangura to the High Court for trial. Police alleged that the accused, Bangura, on Friday, December 20, 2019, at New Road, Rokupa in Freetown, fraudulently converted to his own use and benefit a Nissan Pathfinder Jeep with registration No. ALF 249, valued at Le32 million, entrusted...Read More
After the prosecuting counsel replied to a no-case submission filed by the defense, in a preliminary investigation into the alleged murder of a student at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding the Pademba Road Court No. I on Wednesday committed the matter to the High Court for proper trial. According to the police, the accused person, Elizabeth Judith Kanu, on Monday, September 6, 2021, at UNIMAK Fatima...Read More
