By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice Adrian Fisher has remanded in prison a Lance Corporal of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Sahr Daramy on allegations of murder.
The Soldier was arraigned at the High Court in Freetown on Friday 10th December 2021 to answer to a one count of murder.
The particulars of offence state that Daramy on the 19th December 2020 killed Abubakarr Conteh in Freetown.
By Mohamed Macarthy
In a bid to enable pregnant women access electricity, a company named We Care Solar (WCS) in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) formally launched the We Care Solar initiative on the 10th December 2021 at the Kimbima Hotel in Freetown.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahaman Swaray on Friday 10th December 2021 urged Media owners to comply with the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) by registering the company and also paying for their staff as mandated.
By Ibrahim Barrie
In a bid to exhibit Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs to the world market, the Local Content Agency has ended a two-day Annual Trade fair exhibition in Freetown. At the event, the Director-General Fodeba Daboh reckoned that “the responsibility of the Agency is to create links for local suppliers and foreign direct investors which will strengthen the domestic private sector in Sierra Leone”.
By Saio Marrah
The Fifty-Fifty Group in partnership with Plan International-Sierra Leone has on Friday 10th of December 2021 ended the 16 days of activism, a campaign focused on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls.
The climax of the campaign that ended on the International Human Rights Day, started on the 25th of November this year with the theme: “Stop Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Sierra Leone Now!”
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Women’s rights campaigners have called for action over the death of Zainab Kamara. The 28-year-old died on the 7 December 2021 after she had undergone a surgery on the 21 October to remove a pair of forceps (scissors) lodged in her abdomen for seven years. The operation took place at the Massanga Hospital in Tonkolili district, northern Sierra Leone.
By politico staff writer
Omicron, the newly discovered variant of COVID-19 was on the 25th of November confirmed on an inbound flight passenger from Nigeria who arrived at the Freetown International Airport.
A joint press statement from NaCOVERC and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation acknowledged the presence of the variant in Sierra Leone and equally underscored the need for “vaccination uptake and general precautionary measures needed to protect the population against COVID-19”.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
