By: Lucinda J. Smith The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) license to JM Mining Company Limited for its gold mining project in the Kambui Hills, Kenema District. The license, approved on September 4, 2024, marks a significant development in the region’s mining activities, long awaited by the local community….
By: Tommy Sidikie Ministry of Finance Launches New Financing StrategyThe Ministry of Finance yesterday, Monday, September 9, 2024, launched a new disaster risk financing strategy aimed at protecting the economy from the impacts of natural disasters.Speaking at the launch, Dr. Alaskan Mansaray, Director of the Fiscal Risk Management Division, said the strategy would improve financial…
By: Saidu Jalloh The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has honoured its newly hired staff members, led by Commissioner Ambassador Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina, as part of the Commission’s ongoing rebranding strategy, known as Ndomahinalization. This strategy aims to strengthen systems, processes, and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective implementation of community development projects….
By: Elizabeth A. Kaine As we navigate the complex web of politics in Sierra Leone, it’s easy to overlook the significance of minority groups and small parties. However, their role in shaping our political system cannot be overstated. The voices of the marginalized, though often drowned out by the majority, hold immense power in driving…
By: Tommy Sidikie Kamakwie, Sierra Leone – A retired Dental Officer, John Kabba Dumbuya, aged seventy, has been taken into custody by law enforcement authorities after sharing a viral video containing false allegations that his 110-year-old bedridden mother was gang-raped. In the video, Dumbuya, visibly distressed, translates his mother’s statements from Limba to English, claiming…
By: Elizabeth A. Kaine President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has announced that Sierra Leone will conduct a nationwide Population and Housing Census (PHC) from December 2 to 15, 2025. This census will provide essential data for implementing the country’s development plans and assessing progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. President Bio emphasized that the…
By: Edrie Caleb John On Monday, September 9, 2024, the prosecution presented a witness in the ongoing bomb-making trial at Court No. 2 in Freetown, presided over by Magistrate Santigie Bangura. The witness, Samuel Marrah, is an employee of Infinity Trading Company. Marrah testified that he met the first accused, Hussein Antar, at the company’s…
By: Lucinda J. Smith On Monday, September 9, 2024, a new witness testified in the ongoing diamond embezzlement case at Court No. 2 in Freetown, presided over by Magistrate Santigie Bangura. The witness, Albert Moikpwendor, gave an account of his involvement in the case against three accused individuals. Moikpwendor, a businessman with ten years of…
