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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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...
Mohamed Forna, widely known as Medo Reziger, has been relieved of his duties as a scout at East End Lions Football Club following allegations that he inflated player transfer fees and demanded a 60–40...
Rokel Commercial Bank (RC Bank) is set to take over the management of Union Trust Bank (UTB) after the latter was placed under resolution by the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL), the central bank announced on...
The long-awaited rehabilitation of Sierra Leone’s Siaka Stevens National Stadium has been delayed once more, with the National Sports Authority (NSA) confirming the project will not be completed until...
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with development partners, last week convened a national validation workshop to review Sierra Leone’s annual quantification forecast for 2026-2030, as well as...
The High Court of Sierra Leone on Monday sentenced three women to lengthy prison terms for drug offences following major raids in Freetown earlier this year. Justice Josephine F. Hinga handed 30-year sentences...
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has issued a stern warning to school leaders across Sierra Leone, cautioning that headteachers who fail to upload the Continuous Assessment...
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Mr. Sahr Yomba Senesi, has left Sierra Leone for Abuja, Nigeria, to represent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. William Fayia Sellu at the Annual Police...
President Julius Maada Bio has held his first official meeting as Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. The meeting was with Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, who is the President...
A 27-year-old IT specialist from Sierra Leone, Akim Toure, was shot and killed on Sunday night, August 3, 2025, outside the YOTEL hotel in Northwest Washington, D.C., in the United States. The incident...
World Bank report has warned that inadequate transport infrastructure is emerging as a major driver of food insecurity across Africa, with Sierra Leone named among the most at-risk countries due to its...
Stakeholders of Charlotte, a historic rural community in the Western Area Rural District, have expressed growing alarm over what they describe as continued land grabbing threatening the future of their...
Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas has instructed all parliamentary committees to include members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery (PPG-SL) in their nationwide oversight engagements,...
A cloud of grief and suspicion hangs over the Kamara family following the sudden death of Mohamed Kamara, a Sierra Leonean national based in the United States who died less than 24 hours after returning...
Passengers traveling on the early morning scheduled ferry from Lungi to Freetown were left distressed on Tuesday after the vessel reportedly broke down shortly after take-off. According to eyewitnesses,...
Hon. Alpha Ben Mansaray, Member of Parliament for Moyamba District and Public Relations Officer of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC), has appealed for the decentralization of National Civil...
A 30-year-old laborer, Ibrahim Turay, was cautioned and discharged by Magistrate Augustine Brima Samura of Pademba Road Court No. 8 after pleading guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses,...
