The United Nations in Sierra Leone is shocked and deeply saddened by the horrendous murder and alleged acts of rape and torture of a five-year-old girl, which was reported in Freetown on June 17, the United Nations Office said in a statement on Tuesday. In the statement the United Nations in Sierra Leone extended its sincere condolences to the bereaved family and relatives of the young girl. “This brutal act...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday June 23, 2020, expressed his outrage and total condemnation of the continued incidents of rape, sexual and gender-based violence in the country. “The depravity of sexual violence is obscene, criminal, and totally objectionable. As a Government, we stand with the survivors, victims, and their loved ones and my Government will vigorously prosecute cases and bring all perpetrators to justice,” he...Read More
Principal Magistrate, Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road, Freetown, has on Tuesday June 23, 2020 withdrawn the file involving six accused persons that were answering to the allegations of 16 charges including the kidnapping of a police officer. Magistrate Bonnie withdrew the file after a no case submission had been made by defense counsel Boniface S. Kamara Esq. Lawyer B.S. Kamara in his submission stated that the prosecution...Read More
Globally renowned Telco, Orange has been present in Sierra Leone for only three years. Yet, it has already firmly stamped its innovative footprint on the country and its telecoms industry, bringing new era telecommunications to Sierra Leone. Since the inception of its operations in Sierra Leone, the Company has invested about $133 million in the areas of Network modernization and expansion, human resource and corporate social responsibility in the last...Read More
Members of the National Scrabble Association of Sierra Leone over the weekend unanimously appointed Christian Asgill as the Association’s new President. Speaking to the membership after his appointment Mr. Asgill pledged that his main aim is to include all crucial stakeholders who could contribute toward bringing progress to the Association. He took a philosophical view of Scrabble at the national level and contended that ‘inclusiveness’ is the key to success,...Read More
