Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources appeared before parliamentary Public Accounts Committee yesterday to answer to questions and queries levelled against them as contained in the Audit Service Report of 2012.
UNIMAK holds confab on religious tolerance
By Matthew Kanu
A three-day conference on religious tolerance in Sierra Leone has ended in the northern town of Makeni.
Organised by the University of Makeni (UNIMAK), the conference brought together 45 Muslim and Christian leaders.
Flooding ravages Koidu
By Septimus Senessie in Kono.
A heavy down pour in Koidu on Tuesday lasting about 45 minutes left parts of the town submerged under water as property worth millions of Leones perished at the Gbense Market and its surroundings.
Sierra Leone opposition calls on God
Somano Karpen
By Bampia James Bundu
Chairman and leader of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party, SLPP, Chief Sumano Kapen has called on the Interreligious Council in Sierra Leone to intervene and resolve the impasse that has plagued his party.
Makeni responds to Boko Haram
A three-day conference on religious tolerance in Sierra Leone opens today in the northern town of Makeni. Organised by the catholic-owned University of Makeni (UNIMAK), it will bring together religious leaders from across the country to look at the threat posed by religious conflicts in especially Mali and the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria, and in the Central Africa Republic, according to Rev Fr Dr Joseph Turay Vice Chancellor of the university.
Court martial defence calls for legal aid
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Defence lawyer in the on-going trial of 14 soldiers, presently standing trial for alleged mutiny, has demanded that the Sierra Leone government provides legal aid for the accused persons because “it is their right as provided for in the Legal Aid Act”.
Roberts Kowa, representing the 14th accused, Capt. Prince Sesay, was addressing the military court at Cockerill where the soldiers made their seventh appearance yesterday, April 30.
No files for 300 inmates in only 1 Sierra Leone prison
By Crispina Lois Cummings
The Executive Director of the Center for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) says about 300 inmates at the Pademba Road prison don't have files to indicate the crimes they committed so that they can be tried.
Ibrahim Tommy told journalists on Tuesday that some of the inmates had served up to six years in prison without trial, noting that that showed a weakness in the country's criminal justice system.
