Former Captain of the Sierra Leone national football team, Leone Stars was arrested and questioned for more than seven hours yesterday by police in Freetown. Mohamed Kallon was released on a Le 50 million bail bond over an incident at the Football Academy at Kingtom on Friday in which, he alleged, that the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association, Isha Johansen slapped him following an argument.
PCs exonerate Blama Chief in murder charge
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
Seven Paramount Chiefs from the three provincial regions of Sierra Leone last week met in Blama in Small Bo Chiefdom, Kenema District to brief the people on their findings on allegations made by the Paramount Chief of Langurama Prince Mambu Pewa that his colleague chief of Small Bo Dhaffie Benya V attempted to kill him with a charm.
West African civil society concerned over region
The West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has expressed concern over the "socio-political instability in the region".
Following a Strategic Meeting last week in Dakar, Senegal the activists analyzed the security situation in Mali, Benin, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso and Nigeria.
Sierra Leone parliament goes after NGOs
By Crispina Cummings
Members of parliament have started an investigation into the activities of nongovernmental organisations, especially over the "unaccountable ways" in which they expend funds meant for the people of Sierra Leone.
Chairman of the committee selected for this purpose, Ibrahim Bundu, MP, Thursday urged the coordinator for NGOs in the ministry of finance, Solomon Scot, to summon all vote controllers and account signatories to the next hearings in the House this week.
Graceland celebrates with Tombo women
By Crispina Cummings
Graceland Sierra Leone on Saturday 8 March celebrated International Women’s Day with women and children at the Tombo community centre, a fishing community in the rural Western Area of Freetown.
The nongovernmental organisation, which deals with women’s issues of diverse proportions, said drama and procession by primary school pupils from Newton, Grafton, Tombo and Tokeh also formed part of the celebration.
One of the presentations by the children was on how to take care of our environment.
Koroma in Pujehun for women
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi in Pujehun
President Ernest Bai Koroma has said that "Sierra Leone will never develop if women do not play critical roles in the development process". He warned law enforcement officers who "compromise cases of abuse against women and girls to desist".
Addressing a public ceremony to mark International Women's Day in Pujehun, Koroma outlined efforts he made recently in Nigeria to recruit magistrates and science teachers to serve in Sierra Leone and announced that females who study engineering would receive a scholarship.
"Charge cases on evidence not human rights" - Magistrate Kamanda
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No.2 in Freetown has warned the police not to charge cases to court on grounds of human rights but rather based on evidence.
He made the comment while hearing a case of alleged human trafficking yesterday, March 10, involving a Togolese and a Ghanaian both of whom are facing a 3-count charge of human trafficking, harbouring and unlawful entry into Sierra Leone.
