Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the country’s back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, died Thursday, aged 72, officials from his party, and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was…
By: Simeon Gbani, Reporter, Kabala The Sierra Leone Police, Kabala Division, has secured a two-year jail sentence for Alie Marah, a resident of Cow-Yard, after he was found guilty of tampering with an Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) transformer in Bilmaia. On October 13, 2024, Marah was arrested while in possession of equipment related…
By: Saidu Jalloh, Reporter The Embassy of Sierra Leone in Dakar is set to present an exhibition of Sierra Leonean art as part of the 15th edition of the Dak’Art Biennale. Scheduled for November 9, 2024, at the embassy premises, the exhibition aims to spotlight Sierra Leone’s rich cultural heritage on an international stage. Producer…
By: Tommy Sidikie Mohamed Sheriff, Information Attaché at the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Switzerland and the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, expressed enthusiasm for strengthening diplomatic ties with Switzerland following a recent meeting with Swiss officials. The meeting, facilitated by the Deputy Ambassador of…
A final-year student of the Freetown Polytechnic, Mohamed Jalloh, has made history by becoming the first-ever winner of the Mercury International Online Jackpot 1×2 promotion in Sierra Leone. At just 28 years old, Jalloh secured an impressive prize of Twenty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Eight United States Dollars (US$22,758.91), which amounts to Six Hundred and…
By: Elizabeth A. Kaine The Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has made a significant seizure at the Liberia-Sierra Leone border, confiscating a minibus packed with 400 compressed plates of marijuana in Bo Waterside, Grand Cape Mount County. During a routine search, LDEA agents intercepted the minibus bearing license plate AG 1253, but the driver escaped…
The never-ending saga in the US presidential elections continue, on Sunday, September 15th, there was another twist. US news media reported that a Secret Service agent spotted an AK-47-style weapon poking out of bushes on the golf course about a hole ahead of where former president and the republican candidate for president, Donald Trump was…
By: VOA The two-day pan-African AI conference co-hosted by the United States concluded Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. Hundreds of delegates including public officials, tech leaders, policy makers, academics and entrepreneurs attended the conference to hold talks about the development and use of safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems in Africa. The U.S. deputy…
By: Reuters The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among Small Island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will announce on Thursday. The move comes as the U.S. seeks to repair ties with Africa, where many are unhappy…
By: NTA Four hundred Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates and arrived in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority. The deportees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees,…
