By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, in joint support from the World Bank and the Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP, has certified 800 (Eight hundred) entrepreneurs who were trained by Madam Yokie on Arts, Crafts, Artisan work, and Entrepreneurship.
The certification ceremony took place at the Freetown City Hall Council in Freetown on 16 February this year.
By Saio Marrah
The 6th accused in the treason trial of Abdul Koita Makalo and 11 others has denied a portion of his statement to the effect that he overheard the 8th accused person, Bai Mahmoud Bangura, telling someone that he was part of the coup plotters and that former president Ernest Bai Koroma funded the failed coup.
By Saio Marrah
The voluntary caution statement of the 5th accused in the ongoing treason trial has indicated that Amadu Koita Makalo entered the home of Alimatu Hassan Bangura 15 minutes before a team of CID officers and soldiers reached the property.
By Saio Marrah
Israel has asked Sierra Leone to support them at the United Nations Security Council and in other fora like the African Union regarding the ongoing war between that country and “Hamas” militants in Gaza. The ambassador welcomed Sierra Leone’s intention to open an embassy in Israel.
Shlomit Sufa, Israeli ambassador to Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone addressed a news conference in Freetown on Monday 12th February 2024, before meeting with the authorities.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Out of a total of 30,491 (thirty thousand, four hundred and ninety-one) criminal and road crash cases reported and investigated in all 6 Police Command Regions in Sierra Leone with an overall crime rate of 0.35%, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has recorded a slight reduction of 0.4% in the rate of reported crime in 2023.
Out of the 30,491 reported cases, 4,161 (four thousand, one hundred and sixty-one) representing 13.56% were received and sent to Magistrate courts by the Legal and Justice Support Department of the SLP.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
To address the concerns of some commuters who would like to travel shorter distances, the Company Secretary for the Metro Transport Company managing the Waka Fine Buses has said fifty mini-buses or “poda- podas” would be incorporated into into the Waka Fine buses’ routes and supervised by the company.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
As Community Radio stations continue to face challenges in their operations, President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasrala has called for more support to assist their functioning.
Signing Africell’s support for 50 Radio stations across Sierra Leone to commemorate World Radio Day in Freetown on the 13th February, 2024, Nasralla noted that in the context of the current economic situation, the Africell support to community Radio Stations was very timely.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
