By Ramatulai Leigh Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of Sierra Leone’s most pressing human rights challenges pervasive, devastating, and deeply entrenched in the nation’s social fabric, it affects women and girls of all ages, across urban and rural divides, and cuts through every social and economic class. Beyond
By Alhaji Mohamed Wusha-Conteh Dr. Turad Senesie, Minister of Lands… The Muslim community is urging the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning Minister Turad Senesie, to give the proposed sale of the African Muslim Agency land to Fawaz a serious second look. The Muslim community must continue to
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabba, as special envoy of President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, held a successful bilateral meeting with Dr. Waleed bin Abdulkarim Al-Khereiji, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the
In a strategic move to strengthen data quality and enhance national statistical capacity, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) have jointly conducted a comprehensive ten-day Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) Pretest and Training of Trainers (ToT) program. This initiative is a critical preparatory
By Josephine Sesay The Ministry of health convened a one-day National Discourse on the MPOX response at the Atlantic hotel in Aberdeen, bringing together media representatives, civil society organizations, development partners, and health officials from across Sierra Leone. The event assessed the country’s ongoing response to the MPOX outbreak and
By Dadson A Musa The Sierra Leone Tennis Association executive met on Saturday, 16th. August to deliberate on matters affecting tennis since the incessant court back that stalled the game of tennis for the past four years or so. The meeting attended also by some members of the NOC and
By Dadson A. Musa For more than five decades, large-scale mining of rutile, zircon, ilmenite, and bauxite in the Bonthe and Moyamba districts has generated immense wealth for Sierra Leone, yet, residents of the mining communities where these minerals are extracted continue to grapple with poverty, environmental degradation,
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Fassah Marrah, a councillor residing at No. 63 Blama Road, Kenema City, appeared in Magistrate Court No. 2 in Kenema on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, presided over by Magistrate Wilbri Hamida M. John. The accused, Fassah Marrah, faces two charges: wounding, contrary to
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Kenema Law Court building. The Principal Magistrate in Kenema, Hadiru Daboh of Magistrate Court No. 1, has committed 24-year-old Amara Gamanga, resident of No. 4 Salia Street, Kenema, to the High Court for house-breaking and larceny, contrary to Section 26(1) of the Larceny Act 1916.
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema Kenema Male Correctional Centre Five accused persons Mohamed Kallon alias AIG, 29, unemployed; Abdulai Dauda, 27, a miner residing at No. 18 Koroma Street, Kenema City; Momoh James alias Leather Boot, 33, police officer, Tongo Field; Saidu Sunny Lahai, 42, police officer, No. 19 Cemetery
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