By Abass Jalloh
Isatu Bah who was allegedly struck with a light sandal or flip-flop on her left eye by Fatmata Jalloh at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Freetown, has told the court that she is yet to recover her sight since the incident.
“I cannot have my sight,” complainant Bah said while testifying at the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown on Friday 19th August 2022.
By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo
Three youth groups in the Catholic Diocese of Bo have over the weekend joined other youths across the world to commemorate the International Youth Day at St. Francis Hall in Bo.
The groups came from across the different districts in the Southern region to discuss leadership.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Deputy Director of Strategic Communications and Spokesperson at the Office of National Security (ONS), Abdul Karim Will says the country is on Security Level 2 ,after the deadly August 10 protests that occurred in some parts of the country.
He made this pronouncement during the government's weekly press briefing at the Ministry of Information and Communications on 18th August 2022.
By Umaru Fofana
Five years since the mudslide that left an estimated 1,200 people killed and thousands of others displaced, survivors say they have been left in the lurch ever since. They describe their present condition as bad as it was then, if not worse. “My people are in danger”, says one of their chiefs.
At a commemorative ceremony on Sunday 14 August to mark the day of the disaster in 2017 at Pengaton, one of the hardest hit areas by the 2017 disaster, survivors said their livelihood remained a miracle. They include orphans and widows.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Leader of the Main Opposition in Parliament Chernor Maju Bah has asked that the public be updated on the number of deaths that occurred in the August 10th, 2022 protest and after the incident.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Executive Director of Defense for Children International Abdul Manaff Kemokai has appealed for criminal prosecution not to be used when dealing with the children arrested for being part of the protests on the 10th August 2022.
Speaking on the 18th August 2022 during an engagement held between President Julius Maada Bio and Civil Society Organization (CSOs) in relation to the insurrection that occurred on the 10th August, Kemokai appealed that children that were arrested be treated like kids.
By Saio Marrah
In an effort to expand the Covid-19 vaccination drive, officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) have targeted 70% of the Sierra Leonean population for vaccination by December this year.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
