par Richard | Oct 16, 2025 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
The Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone today delivered a significant judgment in the matter of Aiah Fengai & 73 Others v. Octea Limited & Others, overturning a prior High Court decision that had struck out the plaintiffs’ claims for lack of jurisdiction. In...
par Richard | Juil 21, 2025 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone, Ce que nous faisons
The Sierra Leonean Court of Appeal today extended an interim injunction brought against the Koidu Limited Mining Company, a major mining company operating in Koidu City Tankoro Chiefdom, Kono District to next Monday July 28th, 2025. The injunction application, brought...
par Richard | Avr 8, 2025 | Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
Members of the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA), a regional movement of lawyers driven by social justice to serve threatened communities, have rounded up their conference in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It was a collaborative conference for...
par Richard | Nov 11, 2024 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone, Ce que nous faisons
Members of the Marginalized Affected Property Owners Association (MAPO), a civil society group based in Kono in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone, say they are unperturbed about the frequent adjournments of their case pending at the Court of Appeal in Freetown and...
par Richard | Août 15, 2024 | Un développement axé sur la communauté, Home Slider, Sierra Leone, Ce que nous faisons
Several women in the Sierra Leonean town of Koidu in the Kono District of the Eastern Region, have been sharing their testimonies about how their socio-economic lives have been transformed in the last few years following the disbursement of microloans to them under...
par Richard | Juin 4, 2024 | Assistance juridique et judiciaire, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
Lawyers for the Marginalized Affected Property Owners (MAPO), a community association seeking justice for harmful mining practices in Kono, Sierra Leone, concluded their marathon of argument before the Court of Appeal in Freetown last Thursday, May 30, 2024. The Court...
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