By Anthony Stephens Mr. Gibril Massaquoi was acquitted by a Finnish Appeals Court in January 2024, ending a marathon trial. The Finnish government has awarded €390,000 ($US426,00) in compensation to Gibril Massaquoi, the former Sierra Leonean rebel leader acquitted in January of war crimes and crimes against humanity prosecutors said he committed during Liberia’s second civil war between 1999-2003. The payment covers Mr. Massaquoi’s loss of liberty and income during the protracted judicial...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, 11 July 2024 – The Ambassador of the European Union to Sierra Leone Manuel Muller, the German Ambassador to Sierra Leone Jens Kraus Masse, and the Erasmus+ Focal Point at the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education congratulated and bade farewell to four Sierra Leoneans awarded the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarships for various programmes in Europe this year. Mustapha Kamara and Amina Bangura will...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Austria has been supporting both the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Residual Court for Sierra Leone, according to statement which was put out by the European Union in Sierra Leone on Friday. “We are pleased to announce that Austria, a proud member of the European Union, will again make a voluntary contribution to the Residual Court for Sierra Leone in 2024, in the amount...Read More
President Talks about Sierra Leone’s Participation in UN Security CouncilBy Elizabeth Campbell President Julius Maada Bio has highlighted Sierra Leone’s participation in the United Nations Security Council at the just concluded town hall meeting held at the Bintumani Conference center in freetown, In August of this year, exactly six days from now President Bio will be seated at the United Nations in Washington to chair the UN Security council meeting....Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, handed over Oxygen Therapy Equipment and Accessories to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to support the treatment of hypoxemia in Sierra Leone. Hypoxemia is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood. This usually causes impair organ function, particularly in the brain, causing restlessness, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, cell and tissue damage, among others. Hypoxemia can...Read More
