By: Patrick Sallia High Cout Judge, Justice Mark Ngegba presiding in Freetown will on Thursday, June 18, 2026, rule on both the procedural validity and substantive grounds of an appeal filed by entertainer and activist Zainab Sheriff. The appeal challenges a four-year custodial sentence imposed on April 14, 2026, by Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah after…
-Hill Station Residents Call for Greater Parliamentary Engagement By Marion Precious George Residents of Hill Station and surrounding hilltop communities in Freetown are calling for stronger engagement from their elected representative, expressing concerns that communication between Parliament and constituents has weakened in recent years. As Sierra Leone’s Parliament continues to deliberate on important legislation affecting…
By Patrick Sallia High-stakes technical arguments over the admissibility of the deceased’s mobile phone forced a temporary halt in the murder trial of Abdul Kpaka on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.T The proceedings before Justice Alfred Ganda devolved into a voir dire (a trial within a trial) at the High Court in Freetown, as the prosecution…
