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By Francis H. Murray

The trial of Mariama Sarjoh Barrie and Ibrahim Bah for the alleged murder of five-year old Kadija Saccoh has open at the High Court in Freetown before Justice John Bosco Allieu presiding and a 13-member jury at the High Court in Freetown.

By Francis H. Murray

The legal battle in favor and against the validity of the 2018 presidential election that brought President Julius Maada Bio to power has continued before the Supreme Court in Freetown before Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards and four other Judges.

Continuing his argument against the petitioners on Monday, Lawyer George Banda-Thomas who represents the president and the SLPP party, being the 3rd and 4th respondents in the matter said that the petitioners did not disclose their course of action as provided for by law.

By Francis H. Murray

Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, Professor David Francis says President Julius Maada Bio has officially given a directive to abolish the death penalty from the country’s statutes.

He made this statement on Thursday 4th February 2021 during the first presidential award for best performing ministries at State House in Freetown.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Data released by Rainbo Initiative has revealed a steady increase in the cases of sexual and gender-based violence in five districts of Sierra Leone despite efforts by government and development partners to curtail the menace.

3,339 (three thousand three hundred and thirty nine) of the cases are sexual assaults of which 97% were on adolescents and 209 (two hundred and nine) cases were of physical assaults. Adolescents account for 26 % of the number recorded in their five operational areas.

By Alpha Abu

Mines Minister, Musa Timothy Kabba has said that the shipment of 120,000 metric tonnes of iron ore from the port of Pepel to China by Kingho Company was given cabinet approval, after scrutiny by the Ministries of Justice and Finance.

The Ministry of Finance has on Friday 5th February signed an agreement for a US$ 15 million Indian loan for the expansion and rehabilitation of existing potable water facilities in Mongo in the North, Njala-Mokonde and Mattru Jong in the South and Daru in the East. 

By Saio Marrah

Parliament has on the 4^th of February 2020 presented an alleged fraudster, Vandy Von Kallon to newsmen at the main committee at Tower Hill.

Kallon who Research Manager at the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration used the names of the Leader of Government Business in the house of parliament, Sahr Matthew Nyuma and the Deputy Speaker of parliament, Sengepoh Thomas, to receive money from a presidential appointee , Dr Austin Demby.