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His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio has appointed Hon. Dr Fatmata Hassan, a former member of Parliament for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) for the Tonkolili District, who was accused of killing the Acting Editor of For Di People Newspaper. Harry Yansaneh died on 28 July 2005 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, when he was killed after being beaten up by a group of men. Yansaneh accused the men of working for his landlord, Fatamata Hassan Komeh (who was a Member of Parliament for the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party), who had been trying to evict the paper from their…
Sierra Leone Minister of Information and Civic Education, Hon. Chernor Bah has arrived in Istanbul, Türkiye, ahead of the United Nations Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education. Minister Chernor Bah was received by the Head of Mission of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Turkiye, Ambassador Mohamed Hassan Kaisamba, the Deputy Ambassador, Paul A.S Minah; and the Head of Chancery, Franklyn Brima Fawundu. The 2023 Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education is a convening of powerful feminist voices working together to accelerate progress towards gender transformative education around the world. This annual event brings together civil society organisations, international and national…
Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG), formerly Kingho Mining Company, under-reported Iron Ore exported from Sierra Leone in 2021 and 2022, an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative revealed. While Sierra Leone Customs in 2021 reported 1.69m MT exported by Kingho, Sierra Leone Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) reported 2.03M and 1.81M by destination customs which is a 17% under declaration of volume. Leone Rock Metal Group sells all its iron ore from Sierra Leone to Treasure Boost Trading in Singapore. Also in 2022, Leone Rock reported 5.40m MT to SL customs, but the actual figure is 6.30m MT. Also, Leone Rock sold iron ore…
A woman with a baby walks with relatives amid buildings damaged by Israeli bombardment in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood on October 30, 2023 [Anadolu Agency/Ali Jadallah] By Belén Fernández On October 28, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari took to X – the platform formerly known as Twitter – with an “urgent message” for the residents of the Gaza Strip. For their “immediate safety”, Hagari said in a message entirely in English, residents of northern Gaza and Gaza City were urged to “temporarily relocate south”. The performance was grotesquely preposterous for a variety of reasons, not least of them that English is the…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Timothy Musa Kabba has assured Morocco’s Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia His Excellency S.E.M Isam Taib that his country remains committed to upholding strong diplomatic bilateral ties with Morocco. During the courtesy call on the Minister, Ambassador Taib said that Sierra Leone and the Kingdom of Morocco continue to enjoy mutually beneficial cooperation, and the signing of the 3rd Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation between the two countries in Dakhla shows their commitment to strengthen the existing bilateral ties. Ambassador Taib reiterated Morocco’s commitment to the implementation of…
According to confirmation from the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) dated 2nd September 2022, concerning five bank accounts comprising two US Dollar accounts and three Leone accounts, the balances confirmed for the two US Dollar and three Leone accounts were US$778,308.06 (Sevnty hundred and seventy-eight thousand, three hundred and eight United States dollars) and Le5,848,964,978.21(Five billion, eight hundred and forty-eight million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight Leones) respectively. It was noted by Auditors that one bank account with a reconciled total bank balance of Le9,575,519,646 (Nine billion, five hundred and seventy-five million, five hundred and nineteen…
A Non-Governmental Organization, Craving for Development has pitched a discussion programme called The Ignition Hour. The programme is searching for ten entrepreneurs to tackle sector-disrupting innovation in the Sierra Leone agribusiness ecosystem. On Thursday, the team started to listen to ideas from Sierra Leonean innovators at the Creative Hub Africa, Lumley in Freetown. The Ignition Hour Venture Building Program is a 24-month initiative that will take innovators’ ideas to high-growth and Value companies. In an interview with the CO-Founder and CO-Director of Craving for Development, Aminata Kane, it was disclosed that Ignition was started in 2018 by Craving for Development to support entrepreneurs. This is…
During a meeting organized by LoBDA at the China House, Brookfields in Freetown, the Chairman of the Lower Bambara Chiefdom Descendants Association (LoBDA), Mr Fyeston Bockarie, on Sunday 29th October 2023, disclosed that the LoBDA has requested that, to seek the best interest of the people, the chiefdom should be represented in the Sierra Diamond Mining Company, and that going forward, he wants LoBDA issues to top the news agenda in the country and abroad. According to Mr Fyeston Bockarie, Lower Bambara is a Class A Chiefdom, endowed with rich natural resources, but lamented that it lacked basic services like…
One of the leading insurance companies in the country, Globalrisk Insurance Company (GIC) – SL Ltd is here to stay, adhered to its policies with customers nationwide as it presented over Le 189,426 Million cheques to beneficiaries of the life insurance contracts of deceased customers from January to October 2023 nationwide. The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of GIC, MMrPaul Oparah, stated that he is poised to do more to enhance the lives of civil servants who joined the Company so that they can improve their future financial planning and achieve their dreams of living a comfortable life with their families,…
Former Director General of the National Minerals Agency (NMA), Julius Daniel Mattai The current Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius D. Mattai, and others are to account for Le3,671,342,355.06. (Three billion, six hundred and seventy-one million, three hundred and forty-two thousand, three hundred and fifty-five Leones) generated from Precious Mineral Trading, in respect of the Mining Community Development Fund. According to Auditors, who audited the National Minerals Agency in 2021, they reviewed the documentary analysis submitted by the Mining Cadastre at headquarters and noted that a deduction of 0.75% from the 3% generated from Precious Mineral Trading, in respect…