By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierraloaded
Sierra Leone’s High Court has fined Mohamed Pope Kamara, former deputy secretary for communications of the APC party, 10,000 new leones for contempt of court. Judge Adrian Fisher also banned him from giving interviews and posting on social media for 60 days, according to Sierraloaded.
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A court in Sierra Leone has sentenced Mohamed Charlie to four years in prison, or a fine of 30,000 leones, for illegal entry and deforestation in Western Area Peninsula National Park. Arrested on 12 September during a joint patrol, he had cleared an area of Mambo to produce charcoal, according to the National Protected Area Authority.
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Source: Sierraloaded ·
Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court ended contempt proceedings against Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, former Attorney General and lawyer, after Chief Justice Komba Kamanda accepted his apology and retraction. Kamara represents Osman Timbo in a case concerning constitutional reform, The Calabash Newspaper reports.
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Source: Thecalabashnewspaper ·
In two separate trials in Mauritius, Maneesh Gobin, a former Attorney General, and Lilram Deal, a former deputy commissioner of police, are challenging the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court’s Financial Crimes Division. Judge Luchmyparsad Aujayeb will hear arguments on 20 November; the prosecution opposes the applications, reports Defimedia.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
Alphonso Gbanie has called for the public to be better informed about the constitutional case being heard by Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court. He also urged political parties to respect the independence of the judiciary and avoid politicising the proceedings, according to Sierraloaded.
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Source: Sierraloaded ·
Residents and market women demand urgent action on Gbondapi roadResidents of Pujehun and Gbondapi in Sierra Leone are calling for the road connecting their communities to be rehabilitated, saying it is in poor condition and difficult to use during the rainy season. Market women say its state raises transport costs and delays the delivery of goods, reports Sierraloaded.
Benue police free priest and seven other hostagesPolice in Nigeria’s Benue State rescued eight kidnapped people, including Catholic priest John Otache, and arrested two suspects. The victims were kidnapped on 13 October on a road near Ipiga village and were found on 16 and 18 October, according to police spokesperson Peter Aondongu.The week in Africa
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