On June 18th, the U.S. Embassy Freetown’s Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program handed over a Waste Disposal and Incinerator to the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Training Center,...
The Minister of Basic And Senior Secondary Education, Conrad Sackey has joined stakeholders on refresher training on sexual and gender-based violence. The capacity-building and refresher training on...
As it celebrates its tenth year anniversary, the Rotary Club of Freetown-Sunset has inducted Millicent Cole, a Senior Bank Executive from the Rokel Commercial Bank as President for the 2004-2025 Rotary...
Spanish authorities arrested a man at Malaga Airport on suspicion of smuggling blood diamonds into Europe. Blood diamonds, mined through forced labor in conflict zones, fund brutal wars. Police allege...
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Sierra Leone's Parliament has directed the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) to install water meters in all government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs),...
Sergeant Emmanuel Salifu Kamara, a member of the Sierra Leone Police, emphatically denied conspiring to commit treason against his country during his testimony at the High Court No. 1 in Freetown. Kamara,...
Sierra Leone's average citizen is facing a tough time affording basic necessities, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). The UN agency's research unit says rising food prices are outpacing stagnant...
With echoes of joy and an atmosphere filled with camaraderie, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio stunned the people of Dallas, Texas, as she joyfully attended a summer picnic organized...
On the 5th of July 2024, the Sierra Leone Parliament passed the Criminal Procedure Act 2024, which abolished the jury system.This piece does not argue about the merits and demerits of the jury system itself...
A startling story has emerged from Malokoh village in Lungi, where residents are in disbelief after a girl named Kadiatu, allegedly pronounced dead and buried five years ago, has returned, causing astonishment...
The University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College has announced the death of Arthur Efakereh Edgar Smith, a senior lecturer in the Department of English who was found dead on Monday inside his room at...
Dr Simion Owizz Koroma, a pathologist at the Mortuary Department in the Connaught Government Hospital in Freetown has been suspended by the government of Sierra Leone. Until his suspension, Owizz had...
A High Court in Freetown has convicted and sentenced Ibrahim Turay, Abdulai Turay, Francis Kargbo, and Abdul Turay to 70 years imprisonment each for attacking and robbing one of the High Court judges. Prior...
Ernest Bai Koroma, former President of Sierra Leone and Chairman of the All People’s Congress (APC) has asked the court to grant him security cost in tune of two billion leones against a member of the...
Sierra Leone's Chief Minister, Professor David Francis has been accused of purchasing 3 Toyota prado cars in tune of Le1.8Billion for the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) without...
Hawa Turay, a pregnant woman in the Northern city of Makeni, Sierra Leone is currently battling for her life following an attack that has left her in a more critical state by two cattle-rearers. The...
Eight young Sierra Leone footballers have died in a road accident just outside Makeni, northern Sierra Leone on February 28th 2021. According to the Regional Chairman of the FA, Brima Jalloh, they...
Inflation has gone up by 1.05% from 10.45% to 11.50% according to Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) and the monthly inflation for January 2021 increased by 2.48%, from 0.25%, Awoko reports. Principal Statistician...
Just few days after the vacation of a long-running court injunction slammed on the opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) as a result of litigation against the party by the National Reformation...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned the Sierra Leone National Stadium from participating in African and International competitions with immediate effect. An official of the CAF who...
