By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Eighteen-year old Sulaiman Kamara was Saturday refused bail and remanded in prison by Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No.2 in Freetown.
The accused was charged with sexual penetration, contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act No. 60 of 2012. The offence was that the accused, on diverse dates between the 7 and 21 November, 2012, sexually penetrated a 9-year old girl at Hill Cot Road in Freetown.
By Bampia James Bundu
About 150 civil society organisations have assembled in Freetown to discuss progress in the implementation of pillars in the poverty reduction approach to development.
In September 2012, two organizations were elected by the wider civil society constituents to serve in the working group of each of the proposed eight pillars in the preparatory phase of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 3 (PRSP III) tagged the ‘Agenda for Prosperity’.
By Crispina Cummings
A ten-member delegation from the United Nations peacebuilding fund, headed by envoy Egvi Llermo Rychinski has engaged the leadership of Parliament on information-sharing and the process of UN support to the country on good governance.
Speaker of the House, Justice Abel Stronge thanked the envoy to Sierra Leone and informed its members about the setup of parliament and the challenges they faced in executing their functions.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
