By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Former Deputy Education Minister Mahmoud Tarawallie has told the High Court in Freetown that the sexual affair he had with a student was consensual. He said the whole incident lasted for an hour because "there was a foreplay preceding the act..there was romance and kisses before the sex."
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
The Swiss agribusiness company Socfin has reacted to charges of child labour in its concessional area.
The company denied that it is employing children, in response to allegations forwarded earlier by the Probation Officer of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs in the southern district headquarter town of Pujehun.
The World Governing Body of Football, FIFA appears to be shifting its position on the impasse between football managers and administrators on the one hand and the Sierra Leone Football Association on the other.
By Mabinty Kamara
Under its Heineken Africa Foundation, the Sierra Leone Brewery is supporting a number of community projects to the tune of Le 1, 675, 000, 000, (one billion, six hundred and seventy five million leones), including a mini dam to serve the Wellington area in the east end of Freetown.
By Mustapha Kamara Jnr
Last week, the International Organization for Migration (OIM) has ended a day conference with the Sierra Leone Airport Authority and International Security Advisory Team (ISAT) on security policies and standard of operations at the Lungi international airport.
The IOM conference took place at the Lungi Airport Hotel in Kalfu Bullom Chiefdom. The conference was part of a Health and Humanitarian project that was funded by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to improve health defence structure of the country.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
