Justice Momoh Jah Stevens presiding the Sexual Offense Model Court on Friday, May 20, 2022, sentenced 33-year-old Alhaji Fofana to 15 years in prison for sexually penetrating an eight-year-old girl. The convict was before the court on one count of sexual penetration of a child contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2012, as repealed and replaced by Section 4 of the Sexual Offence (Amendment) Act, 2019....Read More
Six (6) newly recruited paralegals from three chiefdoms – Kori, Kamajei and Bumpeh – in Moyamba District have benefitted from a one-day capacity-building training at the head office of the Legal Aid Board on Wilberforce Street in Freetown on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The paralegal were recruited with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The UNDP-funded training covered the following areas: Legal Aid Act 2012, Code of Ethics...Read More
The Guma valley Water Company in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Minister and Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday, May 19, 2022 handed over the project site for the construction of the Angola Town Water Supply System to China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO) at a ceremony at Angola Town which was witnessed by stakeholders. Ing. Francis Lahai, Deputy Managing Director of Guma Valley Water Company who chaired...Read More
After 10 years of planning and construction work, the new double lane Magbele Bridge along the Masiaka-Rogebere highway, funded by the European Union, was commissioned on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Good news: The new modern Magbele Bridge is ready! Big inauguration ceremony at the bank of the Rokel River near the village of Magbele! 10 years of hard work in planning and construction showed their success on May 14, 2022,...Read More
Felix Omonya, IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation Justin Wagner, IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation As part of broader cancer control efforts, including the development of its National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP), the Government of Sierra Leone is planning the establishment of the country’s first cancer treatment hospital – a radiotherapy facility. To support the country’s efforts, and help tackle low cancer survival rates, more than 40 government and civil society stakeholders convened for...Read More
