By Nasratu Kargbo
Matimba is the first village in Sierra Leone to demolish their ‘Yanka’ or society bush where women earmarked for training into performing the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other traditional practices, according to the Executive Director of Amazonian Initiative Movement Rugiatu Neneh Turay.
Turay made this statement at a ceremony held to commission a formal education school at Matimba village which is located in Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Head of Media and Communications at Judiciary of Sierra Leone, Elkass Sannoh has said that the 189 no-trace cases found during the Judicial Week will be struck-off.
In an interview with Politico, Sannoh said the cases will be removed from the judicial process, as long as nobody is making any follow-up interest.
By Saio Marrah
A 34-year old convict, Gibrilla Sesay of New site Campbell town Waterloo, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to killing his childhood best friend, David Kamara over a woman.
Before his guilty plea and sentencing at High Court No.1 in Freetown On Tuesday 5th September 2023, State Prosecutor, Solomon Christian Kekurah had applied for amendment of the indictment from murder to manslaughter.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
As Climate Change continues to impact and ravage communities across the world, President Julius Maada Bio has called on development partners to support African nations across the continent including Sierra Leone to tackle the global problem it poses to society.
He was delivering an address on the topic Financing Locally Led Climate Action Programme at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on the 4th September, 2023.
By Sylvester Massaquoi in Pujehun
Police in Pujehun District have arrested and detained a man from Ngeyawamie Village in Barri Chiefdom on suspicion of sexually penetrating a 3-year old girl.
By Saio Marrah
A 20-year-old Cleaner, Sheka Conteh has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment after confessing to biting off the lower lip of one Jusif Sankoh.
Before pronouncing the sentence at the Freetown High Court No.1 on Monday 4th September 2023, Justice Adrian Fisher noted that the only way society can be safe is when such people are kept in a tight place. He said as a judge he owes society the responsibility to sentence the convict in a way that would send a strong message to other bad boys.
By Saio Marrah
Ibrahim Abdallah, the Second Prosecution Witness in the on-going Adams Street murder trial before Justice Adrian Fisher has told the court that he saw the first accused, Santigie Bangura, stabbing the deceased, Mohamed Umarr Karmoh Kamara in his neck with a knife.
The witness said he was at Solar Organisation, off Mountain Cut in Freetown when the deceased reported to him that the first accused and his friends had poured alcohol on him.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
