According to a Sierra Leone Correctional Service leak report dated November 16, 2021, Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray “…looks to demonstrate some psychological damage.” The letter on Kamarainba’s medical update, signed by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Tamba Labbie, also diagnosed the convict with severe lower back pain, anxiety, and frequent micturition. His health condition, according to the
The National Electoral Commission has overturned the results of the ward 091 elections. According to a press release dated 15 November 2021 and signed by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Konneh, the Local Council by-election in Ward 091 on Saturday, 13 November, the counting process after the close of polls was disrupted as violence erupted
The judiciary has responded in a press release questioning the credibility of the European Union for such insinuation that a 2019 High Court decision to declare the runners-up in ten constituencies stripped away confidence in the impartiality of the Sierra Leonean judiciary. The 1991 Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary, albeit some, believe that
Mustapha Brima-Jah in Makeni, in the north of the country, has remanded seven accused persons at the regional correctional center for various criminal offenses including alleged illegal mining. Ikechuku Williams, a Nigerian, and four Ghanaian citizens were alleged to have on Wednesday 6th October 2021 at Kabba Ferry River, in Tambaka Chiefdom in Bombali District,
Addressing the Minister, Mr. Hammond said the main objective of the project is to improve the living situation for the citizens of Freetown through the rehabilitation of the water supply infrastructure for improved service delivery and access to safe water supply. The Minister of Water Resources, Philip K. Lansana accompanied by the Managing Director of
Delegates from Sierra Leone’s government are attending the current Africa Oil Week at the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. During the event, which aimed to discuss methods of transitioning from fossil fuel to renewable energy, H.E Wamkele Keabetswe, Secretary-General of the Africa Continental Free Trade, AfCFT, stated that Africa must work hard
In observance of President Bio’s declaration of three days of national mourning in honour of women and men who perished or sustained injured at the Wellington inferno on Friday, 5 November 2021, the Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland yesterday 9 November lowered the national flag draped at the chancery’s
United Arab Emirates (UAE, has contributed 15 tons of essential medical supplies to the Government of Sierra Leone in order to assist victims of the 5th November fire accident in Wellington, at the east end of the country’s capital Freetown. UAE authorities stated in an official correspondence sent to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Abu Dhabi that they were sending
Orange Sierra Leone’s Directors, Senior Management, and employees on November 7, 2021, visited Connaught and 34 Military Hospitals to sympathize with victims of the fire tragedy caused by a gasoline tanker explosion. The Orange team’s visit concluded with the distribution of water and food supplies to frontline medical practitioners who have been overwhelmed in the past few days
The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, has joined hundreds of relatives and mourners to give a befitting and dignified burial to those who lost their lives in the tragic fire disaster of Friday 5 November at PMB Junction, Wellington. Sheik Ibrahim Barrie and Bishop Arnold Temple, who led the ceremony in prayers at
