By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The British medical charity, Mercy Ship has arrived in Sierra Leone to perform more than 2,350 safe and free surgeries onboard Global Mercy, the world’s largest charity hospital ship.
The patients were selected from 5,000 people who registered following a screening process.
Yesterday a delegation from the Mercy Chip charity led by the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby, paid a courtesy visit on President Julius Maada Bio at State House.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara & Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Senior Specialist at the Kissy Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Abdul Jalloh says 63% of cases recorded at the facility are related to Kush addiction.
He made this statement at the weekly Ministry of Information and Civic Education press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Tower Hill on the 22nd of August 2023.
By Saio Marrah
A 35-year-old accused, Hawa Moinina of 9 Race Course Road in Freetown has appeared before a Freetown Magistrate Court for illegal possession of 27 wraps of a harmful drug known as Kush.
The accused appeared before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Ross Road Court No.1 on Monday 21st August 2023.
By Saio Marrah
A 58-year-old man has admitted killing one Isha Saidu Hughes, his kid sister before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Ross Road on Tuesday 22nd August 2023.
Sulaiman Conteh asked for forgiveness from his family members saying that what he did was wrong also pleaded for mercy from the magistrate, noting that the allegations levied against him are true but that he only used a hammer and a kitchen knife to commit the murder contrary to the police statement that he also used a machete.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
In his first official engagement with Diplomats resident in Sierra Leone, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Musa Kabba has called for coordination and cooperation between the government and the international community.
The minister made this statement in an interactive engagement with members of the diplomatic community in a press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tower Hill, Freetown.
By Politico Staff Writer
Deputy Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission Sierra Leone (ACC) Augustine Foday Ngobie says stakeholders have critical roles to play in the implementation of the Productive Social Safety Net and Youth Employment (PSSNYE) scheme which is worth forty million US Dollars and warned against undermining it.
By Saio Marrah
Abubakar Mansaray, a resident of a place called Small Country at Mabureh community in the general area of Waterloo has appeared before a Magistrate in Freetown for allegedly killing one Aminata Kamara.
The 49-year-old accused, identified as a beggar, appeared before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Ross Road Monday 21st August 2023, accused of committing the offence on December 24 2002 in the same community.
Mansaray, a single-leg amputee, is not represented by a lawyer.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
