By Saio Marrah
Over two years after a High Court stripped her of the seat, Kadijatu Davies of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has again been elected Member of Parliament for Constituency 110.
Ms Davies polled 9, 354 votes, representing 51.7 percent in the tightly contested rerun election held on Saturday, December 12, according to provisional results released by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Sunday.
By Francis H. Murray
The judiciary of Sierra Leone headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Desmond Babatunde Edwards has sworn in seven new judges as acting High Court Justices and also promoted three other judges to the Court of Appeal.
By Kemo Cham
The local NGO FOCUS 1000 has trained 45 community activists in gender activism, as part of a one-day forum commemorating the 16 Days of Activism on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV).
The event which took place in the conference hall of the Council of Churches Sierra Leone, brought together activists from the Kombra Network, the grassroots community engage outfit affiliated to FOCUS 1000.
By Saio Marrah
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has issued guidelines geared towards preventing uncontrolled large gatherings during the festive season.
By Kemo Cham
Green Scenery, a leading campaign group in Sierra Leone, has called on the Bio administration to resume dialogue it instituted earlier this year geared towards resolving land rights dispute in the southern Pujehun District.
The call by the group comes after a magistrate court in Freetown discharged 18 activists who were on trial in relation to a violent unrest that erupted in Malen Chiefdom where land rights campaigners have been at loggerheads with a multinational agribusiness company over alleged rights violations.
By Francis H Murray
Defence lawyers representing the Chairman and leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray and co-accused Marion Arouni, who’re both standing trial on an eight-count indictment which include conspiracy, sexual penetration and meeting a child for sexual purposes have disclosed that they’ll be making a no case submission for and on behalf of their clients.
By Francis H Murray
A Freetown High Court Judge Don Bosco Allieu has acquitted and discharged 25 year- old Ibrahim Sorie Sillah of a three count indictment of conspiracy, robbery with violence and burglary and larceny. A jury at the High Court in Freetown unanimously returned a non-guilty verdict in respect of all three counts.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
