𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. A woman Military Lawyer, Captain Ballay Yainkain Kamara has led the 14th and 15th prosecution witnesses in the Court Martial trial of twenty seven serving Military Officers, alleged to have been attackers of 26th November, 2023 failed coup in Sierra Leone. The 15th Prosecution Witness (PW15) Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) 18171816 Emmanuel Sesay said he …

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has responsibility to protect life and property; maintain law and order; enforce relevant laws; prevent and detect crimes among others. One critical function the SLP performs in all of these is the production of the General Annual Crime Statistics Report. This Report involves systemic examination of the trends and patterns of crime and disorder. Crime …

The local representative of Karpowership in Sierra Leone has confirmed that, the head office in Turkey, has taken the “painful but necessary decision” to scale down electricity supply to the country’s main grid from 65MW to 5MW due mainly to the Government of Sierra Leone’s failure to meet payment obligation to the company. In November 2023, the Minister of Finance, …

The Chief Minister of Sierra Leone, Dr David Moinina Sengeh, yesterday told the ‘Government Services Forum’ at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that Sierra Leone is using technology and innovation for public service delivery and to improve the lives of citizens. Dr. Sengeh mentioned that Sierra Leone had built digital solutions like a USSD dictionary to complement books and …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Fodeba Daboh has received the “Most Outstanding Local Content Agency Across Africa Award 2024 from African Governance Committee Conference in Mauritius. This award identifies and publicly recognizes sovereign institutions from all across Africa and multilateral institutions active across the continent that have made exemplary contributions to …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. In May 2002, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP was re-elected President for another five-year term, after defeating the APC Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma in a first ballot. Kabbah received 70% of the valid votes cast. His party won 83 seats in Parliament out of the 112 seats contested for in the Parliamentary election. During his …

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday, 8th February 2024 debated and approved with anonymity, the Twelfth Report of The Committee on Appointments and The Public Service, Chaired By the Leader of Government Business, Hon. Mathew Sahr Nyuma. The following Presidential nominees were approved by Parliament: 1. Dr. Francess Fornah, Member Board of Trustees, Students Loan Scheme Fund 2. Mr. …

On Friday 9th February 2024, at the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Garment Factory, at Kingtom, the Sierra Leone Mission and Development Incorporation donated two forty-feet containers of assorted medical drugs and other medical equipment to the Sierra Leone Police. During the handing over ceremony of the said items, Doctor John Mumuneh Konteh who doubles as the Deputy Director and Medical …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has presented cheques and physical cash as compensation to affected persons along the Tikonko/Kpetema Mattru Jong road project funded by the Arab Bank for Economic Development and the Government of Sierra Leone. Presentation of the payment compensation to property owners of economic crops and structures was made over the weekend …

On the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio is to embark on a three-day state visit to China between 28th February and 2nd March 2024, according to senior diplomatic officials in Freetown. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral diplomatic relations between the two countries. According to diplomatic sources, President Xi …