Sierra Leone has been called upon to send troops as part of a new regional security mission approved by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help stabilize the...
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The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has issued an urgent reminder to mining companies, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) license holders, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), television and radio stations,...
The European Union has criticized Sierra Leone for failing to outlaw Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in its newly enacted Child Rights Act of 2025, describing the omission as a major setback in the country’s...
The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, was on Saturday, 6 December 2025, reportedly prevented from entering the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) national headquarters in Freetown after...
A ten-year-old girl, identified as Ismatu Kargbo, is receiving medical treatment after she was allegedly stabbed by her mother in Port Loko Town. The incident occurred at New London along the Kambia...
President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and current Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has honoured the inauguration...
Financial Secretary Matthew Dingie has issued a clarification regarding the government's recently imposed tax on bottled water, stating that the levy applies strictly to imported products and will not...
Umaru Napoleon Koroma, the former National Secretary General of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has issued a strong rebuttal against claims that funds "vanished" from the party’s accounts during...
The General Manager of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority, Dr. Abdulai Fofanah, has expressed serious concern over persistent delays caused by clearing agents, describing them as the primary challenge affecting...
The Office of the President has issued an urgent disclaimer regarding a fraudulent investment platform known as "AfriQuantumX," which is currently circulating on social media using a manipulated video...
History has shown that there are critical moments when people living under non-democratic rule rise and successfully impose democratic reforms. In some cases, these popular uprisings even force regime...
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) is reportedly in the process of employing up to 470 new ad-hoc employees to kick-start the 2023 electioneering process. According to the recent public release...
Apart from the resistance President Julius Maada Bio will face in his own party, the youth in Freetown and other parts of the country have threatened to boycott and undermine Bio’s 2023 campaigns. Most...
A report by Rainbo Initiative Sierra Leone has revealed a 7.2 percent drop in the number of sexual assaults cases accounting for 2,966 (Two thousand nine hundred and sixty-six) in 2021 from 3,339 (three...
Sierra Leone's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has sought support from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Sierra Leone's bid for a seat in the United Nations Security Council in...
I have met with hundreds of drug users and their answer was they switched to using Kush rather than that of marijuana. Few of them really want to get off it but how? And where can they go? Who will support...
A Media Outlet in India called ‘The Print’ has reveled through reports, that China over exploiting Sierra Leone's Marine Resources is adversely affecting the economy. In the report, it is stated...
Whenever I want to read a good newspaper (or social media) article with “excellent grammatical prose…” (in the words of Dr Sama Banya aka “Puawui”) by a Sierra Leonean journalist; I write one....
State governments are instituted basically to provide leadership in running the affairs of people in a country, maintain order, and providing essential public services, national security, economic security,...
The Chairman of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), Mr Abdulai Masianda Bangura on Wednesday April 13 2022 held his first mediation between the chairman of the People’s Democratic Parties...
Member of Parliament have on Tuesday April 26th 2022, questioned and reject the substandard rehabilitation of the main Parliament Building at Tower Hill in Freetown. The cost of the entire project...
