By Nasratu Kargbo
ECOWAS Parliament has adopted a law that criminalizes illegal mining in all of its member states at the 2024 First extraordinary session held in Freetown Sierra Leone after discussions at the parliamentary seminar on “Illegal mining and its implications in the ECOWAS region”.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
As cases involving land become more rampant in the Western Area, the Sierra Leone Land Alliance has urged the National Land Commission to work with the executive of the affected landowners to conclude the remaining cases.
A Policy brief conducted by Land Alliance titled: “Agony of affected landowners: A case for National Land Commission” was presented to pressmen at the Amnesty International Hall in Freetown on the 7th of February 2024.
By Saio Marrah
The High Court in Freetown has ordered Leone Oil Company to supply (200,000) two hundred thousand liters of petroleum products to SKM Group of companies, which the latter had paid for.
On the issue of cost, Justice Samuel Taylor told the two parties to negotiate and arrive at a common ground.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
ActionAid, Sierra Leone has launched its fourth country strategy document to guide their operations from 2024 to 2028.
Keynote Speaker at the launch in Freetown on Wednesday 7th February, Chief Minister, David Moinina Sengeh Ph.D stated that the three key areas highlighted in the strategy document are aligned with their government's values and principles of inclusivity, resilience, and sustainable development and hoped that the new strategy succeeds.
By Alpha Abu
A Finnish Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged a Sierra Leonean named Gibril Massaquoi of all four counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Liberia.
The ruling made on 31st January 2024, has brought to a close, a long running case that first began in March 2020 when Massaquoi, now a resident of Finland, was charged of the crimes by a Finnish District Court.
By Nasratu Kargbo
One of the government’s Medium-Term National Development Plans (MTNDP) for 2024 - 2030 aims to develop the marine sector and export the country’s fish to the European Union and Chinese markets, according to Alphonso Campbell a Consultant at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MOPED).
By Politico Staff Writer
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Rashid Sesay has been unanimously appointed by his colleagues as the new Dean of The African Group of Ambassadors in the gulf country.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
