Mineral sands miner Iluka will demerge its Sierra Leone mines, less than five years after spending $375 million on what proved to be troubled assets, to focus on Australia and diversifying into rare earths. If the demerger is approved by Iluka shareholders Sierra Rutile will list on the ASX and be chaired by outgoing Iluka chairman Greg Martin. Martin on Wednesday told his last annual general meeting that the west...Read More
The United Nation Resident Coordinator,Babatunde Ahonsi, on Monday, April 11, 2022, presented the United Nations Annual Results report for 2021 to the Vice President of Sierra Leone at the Country Lodge in Freetown. The UN Annual Results Report is way of taking stock of the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, which is aligned to the Medium-Term National Development (2019-2023), and the progress towards attaining the 2030 Agenda...Read More
Supreme Court has overturned the decision of three Appeal Court Judges-Hon. Justice E. Taylor-Kamara ; Hon. Justice Sulaiman A. Bah and Hon. Justice Fatmata B. Alhadi delivered on August 10, 2020 against the Appellant-Emmanuel Ekundayo Constant Shears-Moses Esq. The Supreme Court was presided by Hon. Justice Allan B. Halloway (JSC); Hon. Justice Alusine S. Sesay (JSC); Hon. Justice Mangay F. Deen- Tarawally (JSC); Hon. Justice M. Sengu Koroma (JSC) and...Read More
Bo District, Southern Province, Monday 11 April 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has embarked on a long working tour of the south, starting with Gbaima Songa, Selenga, Damballa, Valunia and Kunduma where he commissioned the Saint Josephine Bakhita Primary School, a modern learning facility.He made similar visits to the Northwest in February. At the different town hall meetings he held, the President thanked his people for...Read More
The National Implementing Team (NIT) for the Seagrass Project in Sierra Leone on March 25, 2022 discovered a new seagrass location in the Seh Community, Turtle Islands, southern Sierra Leone. NIT comprises representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography (IMBO), the Sierra Leone Navy as well as the ResilienSEA/GRID-Arendal Consultant, Professor Salomao Bandeira from Mozambique. The new seagrass location in Sierra Leone is the...Read More
