By Mabinty M. Kamara
Liberia’s President George Manneh Weah has been forced to suspend three of his senior officials named in a corruption report by the United States Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
24 Juveniles in police custody after deadly protests
By Saio Marrah
24 Juveniles are currently in police custody following the recent violent protest that occurred in some parts of Sierra Leone.
Alleged murders of 9-year-old boy sent to High Court
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No. 1 has transferred to the High Court of Sierra Leone a matter relating to the death of a nine-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered at a nearby stream in Bonthe district.
Two men Lansana Conteh and Tawakatu Conteh were charged over the murder of Magaya Conteh.
The alleged crime reportedly happened on Tuesday 16th November 2021 at Blama village in the Yumbeku chiefdom in Bonthe district.
Sierra Leone finance ministry lacks effective public debt management =Audit report
By Saio Marrah
Audit Sierra Leone’s Performance Report on Public Debt Management published by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has revealed that the measures put in place to manage the public debt have not been effective.
The report pointed out that the principle of accountability, transparency, and participation is lacking.
Sierra Leone president says August 10 protests were a planned insurrection
By Alpha Abu
President Julius Maada Bio has in an address to the nation described the violent protests of Wednesday, August 10 as a well-planned and financed insurrection that was executed with shocking brutality.
He made reference to the sabre-rattling by some politicians of making the country ungovernable, and of people on social media who identified themselves as APC Warriors, PPP and others that he said were determined to seize power even if it meant hundreds of people dying in the process.
Sierra Leone to pay students in Russia today
By Mabinty M. Kamara
After cries and attempted protests by Sierra Leonean students studying in the Russian Federation, the Embassy in Moscow has confirmed receipt of payment of allowances for the 2021/2022 academic year for all students studying in the Federation.
Abacha Street, ECOWAS street traders decry demolition
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Business people whose stalls were demolished along the busy Abacha and ECOWAS streets have cried for help from the government and other authorities concerned, saying that the action against them was unfair and unexpected.
The news of the demolition came in the morning hours of Friday 12th August 2022 after the widespread protests that occurred on the 10th of August this year in some parts of the country and mostly the eastern parts of the capital Freetown.
