By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Members of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) have vowed to go ahead with their strike action starting on the 1st of August 2022, if their demands for improved conditions of service were not addressed.
Descendants of freed slaves get land justice in Sierra Leone, new law guarantees
By Nasratu Kargbo
The 1927 Protectorate Land Ordinance Cap 122, which prevents a non-native (Krio) from owning lands in the provinces, will be repealed, according to the Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning Dr. Turad Senesie.
He was responding to questions from Members of Parliament with regards to that law, during the pre-legislative hearing of the bill entitled the Customary Land Right Act 2021 on the 25th of July 2022.
I killed in prodemocracy protest against Guinea’s junta
By Politico staff writer
One person was reported to have died and others injured in the Guinean capital Conakry in clashes between protesters and the Police last Thursday, following a call by the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) to protest against the decision by the military-led Transitional Government to stay in power until 2025.
Sierra Leone army engineers get big boost
By Mabinty M. Kamara
In an effort to make the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces more productive in contributing to national development in terms of infrastructural development, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has landed a number of assorted construction equipment at Sierra Leone’s Port, for the engineering regiment of the force.
Rapist gets life in prison in Sierra Leone
By Abass Jalloh
High Court Judge, Justice Manuela Harding has sentenced a 29-year-old technician, Umar Bai Kamara, to life imprisonment after being convicted of having sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old girl.
The convict was charged with a count of Sexual Penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act No. 12 of 2012 as repealed and replaced by section 4 a(ii) of the Sexual Offences Amendment Act No. 8 of 2019.
Calls for Sierra Leone president to resolve dispute between investors and landowners
By Nasratu Kargbo
Debating in Parliament on the National Land Commission Act 2021, Independent Member of Parliament Shiaka Musa Sama from constituency 104 in Pujehun district called on President Julius Maada Bio to fulfill his promise to resolve the crisis in Sahn Malen chiefdom
Kenema hospital gets medical equipment
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation on the 28th of July 2022 handed over three trucks loaded with assorted medical equipment and drugs to the Management of Kenema Government hospital.
The equipment according to officials include a mobile ultrasound scanner, oxygen concentration, resuscitators, bed screeners, assorted drugs, standard hospital beds, Motorola digital radio, bedside cabinets, stretchers, infusion stands, trolleys, anesthetics drugs, pulse dosimeter, blood pressure machines among others.
