By Fatima Kpaka A 12 man jury has been empanelled at the High Court presided over by Justice Monfred Sesay to try a case of murder in which Christopher Lavalie, also known as “pigeon” , is accused of murdering Josephus Cornelius Metzger. State Prosecutors are claiming that Christopher Lavalie murdered Josephious Cornelius Metzger in Freetown on March 22nd 2022. The Police later arrested and charged Lavalie for the crime of...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh BBC Media Action under the PRIMED Project has on Thursday 20th October 2022 boosted the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC) by handing over a brand new radio studio and two other radio studios which it had refurbished to the Management of SLBC. The official handing over ceremony took place at the broadcasting house on Jomo Kenyatta Road in Freetown. Director General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka In preparedness for the 2023 Budget Appropriation hearings, Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday, October 17, 2022 engaged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) at the New Administrative Building of Parliament at Tower Hill in Freetown. The Director of Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), Ibrahim Jimisa, has said that they had invited participants to improve on collaboration to ensure transparency, accountability, and oversight on national budgetary process. He...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Food insecurity in Sierra Leone has further deteriorated, with over one million people (15 percent) facing severe hunger, according a lean season food security analysis which was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the World Food Program (WFP) in August. The Food Security Monitoring System analysis showed the significant impact of the rising food prices exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis with the vast majority of...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Governor of Ismailia in Egypt, Major General Sherif Fahmy Bishara has on Tuesday October 11th, 2022, discussed investment and economic development with Ambassador Sadiq Silla, the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Egypt. The Sierra Leone Ambassador and his delegation were welcomed at the Governor’s office in central Ismailia in Egypt. In his official statement, Governor Bishara drew the attention of Sierra Leone’s delegation on investment opportunities...Read More
