An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found adrift in the Mediterranean off Lampedusa, Italy, as the sole survivor of a migrant boat that capsized after leaving Sfax, Tunisia. According to Katja Tempel, spokeswoman for Compass Collective Germany, “she told us that they had left four or five days ago …
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A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) began a mediation mission in Niamey, Niger, this Thursday, January 25, 2024. The main aim of the mission is to improve the country’s socio-political situation, and to advocate the immediate release of former president Mohamed Bazoum. The delegation, comprising …
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Sierra Leonean security forces have arrested a bodyguard of former President Ernest Bai Koroma on suspicion of links to last month’s foiled coup. Amadu Koita, an ex-soldier, was arrested on Monday alongside two police officers who were harbouring him, Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Chernor Bah said on Tuesday. He added …
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Sierra Leone has lifted an indefinite nationwide curfew imposed on Sunday after armed men attacked a military barrack and prisons in Freetown. A new night curfew will begin from 21:00 to 06:00 local time every day “until further notice”. President Julius Maada Bio addressed the nation, saying most of the …
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Security forces in Sierra Leone have surrounded the headquarters of the All People’s Congress (APC), the main opposition party, as votes are being counted for presidential elections, local media reported. According to APC leader Samura Kamara, live ammunition was fired into the building while he was holding a press conference. …
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Sierra Leone lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation that will ensure that one in three members, and one third of all local councillors, are women. The bill will now go to President Julius Bio to be signed into law. Despite it being a key promise in his 2018 election campaign, it …
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Some people in Sierra Leone are unhappy with Kenya’s presidential inauguration on Tuesday, during which William Ruto was sworn in as the country’s fifth head of state. Others, particularly opposition supporters in the country on the southwest coast of West Africa, were amused by what they saw as the mistreatment …
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One of Sierra Leone’s most senior judges, Nicolas Brown-Marke, is holding a session inside the Makeni prison facility in the north of the country, local media report. His is seeking to “right the wrong” of people spending long years in prison before conviction or acquittal, as well as instances of …
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The President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio has sacked the Minister of Justice Anthony Yeiwoh Brewah, also Attorney General and replaced by Mohamed Lamin Tarawalley. The reasons of his sacking were not mentionned. Mr Brewah sat on a committee that made recommendations to the president for the pardoning of …
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Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has declared three days of national mourning after a fuel tanker explosion on Friday killed more than 100 people. Mr Maada Bio said the country must learn from the incident, adding that those injured would be given free treatment. A task force is set …
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