OVERVIEW A lively and necessary debate has emerged among legal practitioners following the Chief Justice’s Practice Directions (PDs) of 1st December 2025 on drug-related offences. The discussion has...
The Chairman of the Guild of Newspaper Editors in Sierra Leone (GoNE), Thomas Dixon, has expressed strong admiration for the ongoing reforms within the Judiciary, spearheaded by the Honourable Chief Justice...
Justice Augustine K. Musa has sharply criticized the state prosecution for its repeated absences at the ongoing manslaughter trial of Ekubolaje Nicol, labeling their behavior as “unfair” and disrespectful...
The Resident High Court Judge in Port Loko District with special assignment in Kambia, Honourable Justice Sahr Kekura has sentenced seven people in Kambia town to terms of imprisonment after their convictions...
The Campaign for Human Rights and Democratic Integrity (CHRDI) has cautioned that a recent Practice Direction issued by the Judiciary of Sierra Leone on 1 December 2025 risks undermining constitutional...
High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Josephine F. Hinga has sentenced Adama Kamara and Yeanoh Kargbo to thirty years imprisonment each and Sia Kamara to fifteen (15) years imprisonment after they pleaded...
Sierra Leone's Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, presented the government's 2026 budget to Parliament on Friday 28th November 2025, outlining a comprehensive fiscal plan totaling Le 30.04...
High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Josephine F. Hinga has sentenced Fatmata Kamara to Thirty (30) years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to the offence of unlawful possession of drugs contrary to...
Sierra Leone's Chief Justice, His Lordship Honourable Justice Komba Kamanda, has officially launched the first-ever Court of Appeal sitting in the provinces since the establishment of the Judiciary of...
In a landmark ruling that sends a strong warning to the legal profession, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) has recommended that lawyer Mohamed Kroma be permanently removed...
