DR CONGO WAR: CAUSALITIES RISES ABOVE 700 According to reports, over seven hundred (700) fled Goma and its surrounding area in less than a week due to conflict with the M23 rebels. The rebels have significantly escalated violence in the region.The Congolese authorities claim that these numbers may be underestimated, as the rebels have instructed […]
Amnesty West and Central Africa demands justice for Hawa Hunt. Amnesty West and Central Africa, a regional branch of Amnesty International dedicated to advocating for human rights and other social issues, urges authorities in Sierra Leone to release and guarantee a fair trial to reality TV star Hawa Madiana Hunt. Hunt was arrested during a […]
Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali jointly withdraw from ECOWAS. On January 29,2025, the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) States issued a press release announcing the withdrawal of Mali, the Republic of Burkina Faso, and the Republic of Niger from ECOWAS. According to sources, this decision was communicated about a year ago. The three countries’ […]
SIERRA LEONE BECOMES BENEFICIARY OF $50 BILLION INITIATIVE AIMING AT ELECTRIFY 300 MILLION AFRICANS BY 2030. Sierra Leone is set to benefit from a major global initiative aimed at electrifying 300 million Africans by 2030, with a $50 billion investment backing the effort. This project, which targets enhancing electricity access across Africa, is a critical […]
PUBLIC UPROAR ON ‘SIERRA LEONE’S IMAGE’ FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DUTCH DRUG CONVICT, JOS LEIJDEKKERS BEING SPOTTED IN SIERRA LEONE. On January 24, 2025, Reuters, one of the world’s leading News Agencies, reported that Netherlands’ most wanted fugitive ,Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, a convicted drug smuggler, had been spotted in Sierra Leone. According to reports, Jos was […]
Local Fishermen Fear the Worst as Government’s Proposed “Closed Season” Closes in Canoes line up at Tambakula Wharf Photo: Ibrahim Mansaray/Liberty Online TV Fishermen at the Tambakula Wharf at Aberdeen, West of Freetown, busied themselves on a Friday evening, mending their nets and canoes. Among them, 30-year-old Yusuf Kargbo sat on one of the canoes […]
U.S. Federal court judge blocks President Trump’s birthright executive order The President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, has had a jam-packed week since his inauguration on Monday, January 20th, 2025,. He has already signed over 40 Executive Orders, Proclamations, and Memoranda just within a week. Trump, who was very outspoken about […]
𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 18-year-old Sierra Leonean footballer Juma Bah, who has reportedly signed to Manchester City, faces a legal threat by Real Valladolid for failing to show up for a training session. In August 2024, La Liga Real Valladolid officially announced the acquisition […]
Reality TV star Hawa Madiana Hunt has been committed to the high court for further trial. Hunt was charged by the court for creating and disseminating insulting messages via a computer system or network contrary to Section 44 (2) (b) of the Cyber Security and Crime Rate of 2021 Act No. 7 of 2021 against […]
Following the unfortunate death of journalist Samuel Mattia,former reporter of VOPAD Radio 96.5FM, the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), an umbrella body of journalists who have following the case closely, has announced that the main suspect, the station manager of the aforementioned radio station, Joseph M. Lamin, has admitted to planning the killing of […]
