By Aminata Phidelia Allie
In what could have been his final appearance in court, Joseph Margai Morgan, a self declared “mad man” has been sent to the kissy mental home by Magistrate Komba Kamanda of court no.2.
Thorpe's vehicle kills Okada man
A vehicle carrying the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, Christiana Thorpe, ACV 135, at about 4:45 PM yesterday collided with
a motorbike (Okada) rider, Momodu Bah killing him almost instantly.
According to the police Local Unit Commander in Waterloo, Edmund Conteh, the accident happened at a place called Kamajor Bridge between Waterloo and the former camp for Liberian refugees, as Thorpe was returning to Freetown from the provinces.
Interview: APC's Candidate for Mayor of Kono
As the political temperature gets hotter, political parties are busy with their primaries amidst tension in some cities. The diamond-rich Kono is regarded as a potential flash point because of its history as a swing district.
APC rejects journalists for F/T Mayor
The Electoral College of the governing All People's Congress last night voted for Franklyn Bode Gibson as the party's candidate for Mayor of Freetown in November's municipal election. He polled 106 votes beating off seven others including two journalists.
Rights groups challenge political parties
Ahead of November's presidential and legislative elections in Sierra Leone,
39 human rights and civil society organisations have challenged the
country's registered political parties to commit themselves to
respecting human rights.
