𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐌 𝐁𝐚𝐰𝐨𝐡. Last week’s publication by the leading Sierra Leonean Think Tank, the Institute of Governance Reform which highlighted amongst other issues people’s perception of what they thought might have motivated the recent coup makes an insightful reading. In the IGR study titled: Violence Entrepreneurs- Understanding the Actors and the Incentives behind the November 26 failed Coup”, five …

On Thursday 21st December, 2023, the team manager for the Sierra Leone Police Female Football team who doubles as the President of Police Wives Association and wife of the Inspector General of Police Mrs. Matilda Doris Sellu has unveiled four (4) sets of new football kits belonging to the female team of SLP FC. Addressing the players after unveiling the …

B𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑟. 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐺𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠. Nothing that President Bio has done since taking office in 2018 …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. The American diplomat, statesman and philosopher Thomas Jefferson, in a newspaper a rticle said, “Let us unite with one heart and one mind”. He was addressing the American people. He served as the third President of the United States of America between 1801 and 1809. In the aftermath of the Sunday, 26th November, 2023 attempted coup, His …

The Chief Immigration Officer, Hon. Alusine Kanneh and three senior staff of the Sierra Leone Immigration Department have arrived in Brussels, Belgium on the invitation of the Belgium Immigration Office. During the team’s four-day stay in Brussels, the CIO and team will visit different detention centres in Belgium and at the same time sign an MOU. Accordingly, the Chief Immigration …

By Pat Kawa In Bo. Amidst the high cost of living in the country, the former Vice President Dr Victor Bockarie Foh over the weekend on 16th December 2023 at the SLPP district office in Bo donated bags of rice, three cartons of tomato, two bags of onion and two five gallons of vegetable oil worth thousands of Leones and …

The Court of Appeal has in a judgment delivered yesterday in Freetown upheld the sole Commissioner Justice Biobel Commission of Inquiry (COI) report findings against the former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. The Court has directed the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) pursuant to Section 78 sub (1) of the ACC Act to investigate the former President who is an appellant …

By Mohamed Fofanah [email protected] The former Director General of the National Minerals Resources (NMA) and current Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius Daniel Mattai yesterday officially handed over to his successor, Ing. Hadji Dabo to begin his official tenure of the political leadership at the NMA as members of staff bid farewell to his predecessor. During the official handing …

Amadu Koita, one of the alleged ring leaders of the coup attempt on Sunday, 26th November, 2023 has been arrested in Freetown and taken to Police custody for questioning. Reports say, he was arrested in an area called Tree Planting in the private residence of a female Police personnel attached to the Interpol section of the headquarters of the Criminal …

Commissioner Ambassador Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina of the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Rupert Davies, the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Monday, December 4th, 2023. Warmly welcomed by High Commissioner Davies and Deputy Anna Moussa, Commissioner Ambassador Ndomahina highlighted the significance of the official protocol that requires …