By Nasratu Kargbo
In her first official outing after the November 26th, 2023 ‘attempted coup’, Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has urged Sierra Leoneans to prioritize the country and stay united.
“Please let us put our nation first; let us understand that there is no other Sierra Leone but this one” the First Lady said. She made this statement at a knowledge-sharing event organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the 5th of December 2023.
By Sorie Ibrahim fofanah
In a nationwide address on 2nd December 2023, President Julius Maada Bio expressed his government’s determination to deal with what he said was an attempted coup. The President was speaking after a spate of armed attacks rocked parts of Freetown in the early hours of Sunday 26th November.
By Alpha Abu
President Julius Maada Bio has told mourners at an interfaith funeral for 18 security personnel killed during the November 26 attacks in Freetown that their deaths will not go in vain.
The President told hundreds of grieving family members at the country’s military headquarters-Cockrill in Freetown, Wednesday that ‘’your pain is our pain’’ and that ‘’your quest for justice is our mission today’’. He said the time for silence is over and his government’s “pursuit for justice will be tireless and unyielding’’.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has urged the European Union to enable the country to send its products directly to European markets, and not through other countries.
By Saio Marrah
First accused, Saidu Nallo in an ongoing corruption trial regarding the renovation of Sierra Leone’s UN Chancery Building in New York has testified that he was never involved in the awarding of any contract for renovation of the structure.
Nallo told the court on Wednesday 6th December 2023, that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Freetown, which is the headquarters ‘’micromanage’’ such an action.
By Saio Marrah
Naasu Ensah, the complainant in an ongoing wounding and assault case at a Magistrate’s court in Freetown has testified that while she was fighting with the second of two accused persons, Boitia Petan Sandi( daughter of the first accused) the first accused, Dr. Salmata Ibrahim “stabbed” her on the forehead with a shovel multiple times.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The High Court Judge for Kenema and Kailahun district, Justice Francis Bans-Kamara has vowed to complete matters brought under his court during his tenure within three months.
He resumed court sitting at the Kenema Judicial High Court on the 4th of December 2023.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
