By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The National Elections Watch (NEW) has called on the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to speedily investigate and prosecute all electoral offences allegedly committed during the recently concluded bye-elections in Kono District.
After the FBC riots, police vow to prosecute anyone found wanting
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has vowed to bring to justice perpetrators of last week’s riots at Fourah Bay College (FBC).
The SLP told Politico that they are waiting on the outcome of ongoing investigation by the college authorities, as sanctioned by the government through the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education.
Sierra Leone Commission of Inquiry rules against the State
By Hajaratu Kalokoh
Justice Bankole Thompson has ruled against State Counsel’s application to compel Persons of Interest to attend the commission and take the stand. The judge listened to almost a week of deliberation between the State and Defense Counsels concerning this application.
Justice Thompson’s commission was investigating the Ministry of Agriculture. The former Ministers of Agriculture, Joseph Sam Sesay and Professor Monty Jones, are among persons of interest the State Counsel demanded to appear in court.
Deputy Minister commissions waste management facility in Kenema
By Prince Musa in Kenema
The deputy minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ms Melrose Kargba, has commissioned the newly constructed waste management plant in Kenema.
The facility constructed by the Germany aid agency Welthungerhilfe (WHH) is meant to address a perennial problem of waste management in the city. Officials say the facility which is located at Tiloma, just outside Kenema City, is equipped to recycle waste into other uses, like fertilizers.
Sierra Leone FA Deputy Secretary General resigns
By Umaru Fofana
The Deputy Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has resigned effective immediately.
In his letter to the FA president, Isha Johanssen, dated 1 July, Abdul Rahman Swaray cites “family reasons and other official engagements in academia”, which he says can no longer allow him to provide the services the FA post requires of him.
Swaray has been a lecturer at the Mass Communications department of Fourah Bay College for over 10 years.
248 Sierra Leoneans flown back from Mali
The authorities have started repatriating 248 Sierra Leoneans stranded in a holding centre in Mali after they consented to return home, according to the Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning at the Immigrations Department, Abdul Karim Bangura.
They are 156 males and 92 females, including 64 children.
“There were even five babies” Bangura said.
Already, the first batch of 115 came in on Sunday, with the rest expected this week.
FBC presidential candidates react to students' union ban
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara & Hajaratu Kalokoh
There was uneasy calm at the Fourah Bay College campus yesterday, a day after rival student groups clashed over union elections.
The riots led to an indefinite ban on students’ union activities in the college by the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education, a decision that has sharply divided the student community.
Life has however returned to normal with lectures resuming yesterday.
