By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Mano River Union Secretary General, Ambassador Madina Wesseh has expressed optimism for a permanent resolution of the impasse between two of its member countries, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
It followed her visit to the disputed border town of Yenga, which is one of two sticky points between the two countries, the border closure by Conakry being the other.
By Francis H. Murray
Justice Sengu Koroma, presiding at the Industrial and Social Security division of the High Court in Freetown has ruled that the Bank of Sierra Leone was wrong in their dismissal of one Patrick Massaquoi in May of 2019.
Delivering his judgment on Monday 1st February 2021, Justice Koroma noted that the defendant (Bank of Sierra Leone) was liable to the Plaintiff for wrongful dismissal for which a payment plan has been ordered in respect of damages for the wrongful dismissal of the former security guard.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The National Youth Service (NYS) has certified 725 university graduates in various disciplines as ready for the job market across Sierra Leone and beyond.
Five Pilot Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) have presented inventories of datasets aligned with various key SDGs held by their ministries at a one-day result-sharing conference organised by the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC).
The event which took place on Thursday 28th January 2021 at the Family Kingdom Resort in Freetown was supported by the Wold Bank.
By Francis H. Murray
A fifteen-year old girl, who was allegedly sexually penetrated by one Abdul Razak Kamara at Hastings just outside of Freetown, has testified before Justice Momoh Jah Stevens at the High Court in Freetown.
Led in evidence by lawyer Jeneba Kamara, the witness recognized the accused as her neighbor and recalled that on a certain day in 2018; she was sent by her Aunt Florence Kamara to buy baby diapers when it was already dark. The witness said she was eleven years old at the time of the alleged incident.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has in a Press statement called on EX-public officers who have left or are on the verge of leaving office to declare their income, assets and liabilities to the Commission as mandated by law.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Sierra Leone has recorded its worst monthly new infections of the coronavirus disease since the pandemic was confirmed in the country in late March 2020.
Official figures from NACOVERC show that 982 cases were recorded between 1 and 31 January, surpassing by far the May 2020 record of 737 cases.
Western Area Urban and Rural lead the chart with total confirmed cases of 2,004 and 467 respectively.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
