By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The Public Relations Manager at the Sierra Leone Correctional Service, Assistant Superintendent Leslie Cole-Showers has confirmed to Politico that Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray is sick but responding to treatment, and that his condition is stable.
The officer was reacting to social media posts in recent days claiming that Kamarainba, who is serving time at the Correctional Centre in Freetown for sexual penetration of a minor, has died.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has remanded a 21-year-old accused, Tejan Dickson of 14 Taylor Street, Kissy in Freetown for laughing in court during proceedings.
Dickson, first accused in an ongoing case of seven counts of wounding with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious damage, and throwing of missiles, was standing in the dock together with other six accused at the Freetown High Court No.1 on Wednesday 6th September 2023, for assaulting and wounding the complainant Linda Macauley.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Communication Officer of Sierra Leone Commission on Arms and Ammunition (SLeCAA) Jestina Manley has on behalf of the commission condemned the illegal possession of the weapons.
Manley was making clarifications in a radio interview on the 7th September, 2023 regarding the position of the commission. She said the commission does not sell guns, but rather issues out licenses to owners.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
In order to ease the crisis surrounding onion in the country, the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project (SCADeP) has issued agricultural products like onion seeds and fertilizers to over 40 farmers in Makeni.
The Assistant Director of Crop Division at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), Fatmata Margai, in a radio interview noted that the support is in line with the government’s efforts to address onion shortage and increase its production in the country.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The Sierra Leone Commission on Arms and Ammunition (SLeCAA) has in a press release dated 1st September this year confirmed that there are 377unlicensed local gun manufacturers and repairers as per survey conducted in 2020.
Of the total unlicensed gun manufacturers and repairers, 138 are local gun producers and 239 repairers, and according to the release, these illegal manufacturers of shotguns are a threat to the security of the country by contributing to the illegal ‘’proliferation’’ of small arms and ammunition.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Matimba is the first village in Sierra Leone to demolish their ‘Yanka’ or society bush where women earmarked for training into performing the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other traditional practices, according to the Executive Director of Amazonian Initiative Movement Rugiatu Neneh Turay.
Turay made this statement at a ceremony held to commission a formal education school at Matimba village which is located in Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Head of Media and Communications at Judiciary of Sierra Leone, Elkass Sannoh has said that the 189 no-trace cases found during the Judicial Week will be struck-off.
In an interview with Politico, Sannoh said the cases will be removed from the judicial process, as long as nobody is making any follow-up interest.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
