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Another Ramadan: Fasting or Feasting By Sheikh Alie Kallay Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali explains that there are three degrees of fasting. Ordinary fasting involves abstaining from food, drink, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset. Extraordinary fasting requires keeping all one’s senses and limbs free from sin, including the eyes, ears, tongue, hands, and feet….
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Türkiye Continues Istanbul Tour
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Türkiye, Her Excellency Francess Virginia Anderson, PhD, has advanced her week-long working visit to Istanbul by securing strategic partnerships with leading textile manufacturers, including Tokman Fashion & Textile Garment Factory and Emon Men’s Clothing & Shirt Manufacturer & Store, in support of the upcoming Freetown Trade and Investment Tours. The engagements,…
Ambassador Francess Anderson Strengthens Economic Ties with Turkish Investors
Dr. Francess Virginia Anderson, PhD, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone to Türkiye, together with staff members, has led a week-long working visit to Istanbul, the country’s commercial hub, engaging high-level Turkish private-sector investors as part of an intensified economic diplomacy drive. During a series of strategic meetings, Ambassador Anderson emphasized…
South African trio charged with Bolt driver’s murder filmed on dashcam
Three South Africans have been charged with murder following the killing of an e-hailing taxi driver, the manner of whose death, captured on dashcam footage, has shocked many people. A video shared widely on social media shows a man and a woman tussling with the driver, Isaac Satlat, who they appeared to be robbing. Satlat…
Bio Calls for Stronger African Voice at UN
His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone and Coordinator of the African Union Committee of Ten (C-10) Heads of State on UN Security Council reform, has urged African leaders to intensify unity and collective action to push for meaningful reform of the UN Security Council. Speaking at the C-10 Heads of State meeting…
Kenya’s border with Somalia set to re-open after almost 15 years
Kenya’s border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, President William Ruto has announced. Based in Somalia, the group has masterminded a series of deadly assaults including one on a shopping centre in the capital, Nairobi, killing 67 people in 2013 and…
HRCSL Pushes for Child Rights Act to Ban FGM
By Ishmail Saidu Kanu In its statement delivered at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Pre-Session in Geneva, the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) formally urged the Government to expedite approval and disbursement of a one-off annual payment of its approved budget. Victor Idrissa Lansana Esq., Vice Chairperson of HRCSL, addressed the Assembly in…
Bio Meets AfDB Executive Director
President Julius Maada Bio on Monday received a courtesy visit from the newly appointed Executive Director of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Elsiddig Mohamed Rahma, at State House, Freetown. Dr Rahma was accompanied by the Bank’s outgoing Country Manager, Dr Halima Yusuf Hashi. Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, briefed the President on…
Trade Finance Can Drive AfCFTA – Dr. Walton Ekundayo Gilpin
RCBank CEO speaks at African Trade Leaders Dialogue in The Gambia Dr. Walton Ekundayo Gilpin, Managing Director and CEO of Rokel Commercial Bank (RCBank), has identified trade finance as a critical driver for the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Speaking on the theme: “Can Trade Finance Be a Key Driver…
Chief Justice Kamanda Repositions Sierra Leone On International Stage, Receives Prestigious Award Home
The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone who also serves as the Chairman ECOWAS Judicial Council, His Lordship Honourable Justice Komba Kamanda, has successfully elevated Sierra Leone’s Judiciary on the international stage at the Ninth Cairo High-Level Meeting of the Presidents of African Constitutional Courts, Supreme Courts, and Constitutional Councils where he became the only Chief…