By Desmond Lewis Amnesty International Sierra Leone has written a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs seeking a meeting to discuss allegations of cross human rights violations including cruelty and degrading treatments meted on suspects in police custody. “As a right based organisation, we are seriously concerned about the increasing allegation of gross human rights violations including cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment meted on suspects and accused person detained...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu An African Development Bank (AfDB) team comprised experts from the Finance, Social and Environmental Management, Procurement and Disbursemet Departments and the Sierra Leone Field Office (SLFO) have completed a five-day mission visit on the Freetown WASH and Aquatic Environment Revamping (WASHAERP) Project which is being implemented by the Guma Valley Water Company. The mission was concluded on Friday, November 4, 2022. According to the AfDB...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Team Lorem, a group of students of Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, on Thursday, November 10, 2022 received US$15,000 after being selected among the top twelve winners in the Global Imagen Ventures Youth Innovation Challenge recently. Dr. David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation Officer; Suleiman Braimoh, United Nations Children’s Fund Country Representative to Sierra Leone and Mohamed Orman...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sheku Gibril Koroma popularly known as Sheku G., a Sierra Leonean philanthropist based in London, will on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 commence the construction of the third mosque in Bramaia chiefdom in Kambia District, as one of his ways of helping humanity. Koroma said that he had built a mosque at Moribaya and M’bendia which are sub towns in Bramaia, and two mosques in Guinea. “This...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The principal magistrate of the Freetown Magistrate Court No 1, Magistrate Mark Ngeba on Monday, November 4, 2022 sentenced Yaya Kanu, Mohamed Kanu and Mariama Bah to one year in prison each and also pays a fine of Le1,000,000 (one million Leones) each to the State after they were found guilty of selling 126 wraps of K2 (synthetic cannabinoid) which is also known as Spice. The convicts...Read More
