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By Saio Marrah

World Hope International on Saturday 18^th March hosted over 1,000 children living with disability together with their caregivers at Aberdeen Beach Freetown with the aim of ending stigmatization towards the children.

The annual beach outing was spiced up with performances by dance groups that also did sign language interpretation, members whom were dumb and deaf.

By Politico staff Writer

Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has called on Member States of the OIC to support Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the United Nations Security Council in the Non-Permanent category for 2024-2025.

The election for the seat is slated for June this year.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Sierra Leoneans would want Asset Declaration for the Presidential and Parliamentary aspirants to be mandatory in the June 24 2023 elections, as highlighted in the recent Citizens manifesto, captured by Institute for Governance Reform (IGR).

Executive Director of IGR Andrew Lavali said the people are demanding that it should be done on or before nomination.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara 

Graphic new details have emerged from the murder of the 22-year-old IPAM student, Namisa Fatmata Kamara whose remains were found in a shallow grave at the premises of the Bobani-Browns at Sumaila Town on 9 August 2022 after she had gone missing on 1 August.

Namisa’s uncle, Gerald Magba Kargbo told Politico that her body was found without the facial epidermis – the thin outer layer of her skin – and with her eyes gouged out; so she had to be buried with a plastic tied on her face.

A High Court in Freetown will today 13 March, deliver its verdict in the trial of popular rap musician Alhaji Amadu Bah commonly known as LAJ.

The hip-hop star has been going through the courts since June 2022 beginning with Preliminary Investigations by a magistrate in Freetown and a trial before Justice Adrian Fisher. The judge refused bail applications made by lawyers representing the accused, upholding objections by state prosecutors.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Residents in the five Chiefdoms where Rutile is being mined have expressed their dismay at Sierra Rutile Mining Company following what they described as the ‘influx’ of foreign companies and contractors to their communities without consulting them as authorities of the land.

In an open letter locals wrote to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company recently, they also expressed concern at the prioritization of foreigners as against Sierra Leoneans when it comes to employment opportunities.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has extended use of the Old Leone notes until 31st December, 2023, according to a notice issued by the bank on the 10th March, 2023.

The bank informed the public that if there is no further extension to the aforementioned date, on the 1st January, 2024, everyone should cease using them as legal tender in Sierra Leone.