By Crispina Taylor
The slow pace of the justice system is encouraging a rise in sexual and gender-based violence in the western rural district, an activist has warned.
Yeama Baba Conteh, the head of Woman for Woman, a community-based organization in Waterloo which propagates justice for abused women and girls, told Politico that multitude of cases of sexual and gender-based violence were packed at the High Court in Freetown without any hope that a judge would address them.
By Tanu Jalloh
The Criminal Investigations Department of the police yesterday called in the special adviser to President Ernest Bai Koroma and questioned him on a deal to dispose of waste materials from Lebanon into Sierra Leone.
Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, who was briefly interrogated inside the crime office at their headquarters on Pademba Road for his role in thewaste scandal, was later released to state house, according to a police source.
By Kemo Cham
The election of a new Burkina Faso government and the detention of Guinea's ex-Junta leader may hold promise for the case against another ex-Junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Kamara, said a UN official.
Kamara is part of about half a dozen people so far indicted for crimes relating to the infamous massacre of over a hundred anti coup Guinean protesters in 2009.
By SeptimusSenessie in Kono
About three weeks after the controversial by-elections in Nimiyama Chiefdom in the Kono district, a cloud of tension continues to hang on the chiefdom amidst allegations of persecution of opposition supporters.
By Mabinty Kamara
The Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has announced an essay writing competition designed to showcase the impact of decades of efforts on the promotion of women's issues in Africa.
Anyone can submit an entry explaining their experience in promoting efforts in powering women and girls. Beneficiaries too are eligible to partake in the competition which is open to six of over 30 countries where FAWE operates.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) has admitted that wastes from its production facility pose health risk to nearby communities and hopes to minimize this risk after what it says is a 2.2 Million Euros investment it has made in the area over the last year.
The management of the leading brewer of alcoholic drinks in the country is also looking forward to limiting environmental hazards caused by used bottles of its products through maintaining its bottle recycling programme.
By Mabinty Magdalene Kamara
Businessman and philanthropist, Dr Adonis Abboud, has described the women folks as important instruments of social change if given the opportunity. He also said if society is to be transformed women should be given their rightful place in terms of contribution to its development.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
