The World Bank Group has on Thursday June 18, 2026 approved a $40 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the Sustainable Agricultural Value-chains Intensification...
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The sod has been officially turned for the construction of a new Community Health Centre in Manowa, a development local leaders and residents say will significantly improve access to healthcare across...
Sierra Leonean artist Fynface has dismissed online claims that a photograph of a house he posted on Facebook was generated using artificial intelligence, insisting the property is real and was largely...
In a ceremony that blended statutory oversight with customary protocol, Jane Kemah Seiwoh Fawundu was formally declared Paramount Chief of Mano Sakrim Chiefdom on 21 June 2026. The election, held at...
The historic Manowa Ferry, which for decades served as a vital crossing point between Kono and Kailahun Districts, has officially become part of Sierra Leone’s history following the commissioning of...
Thirty-five staff members of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have departed Sierra Leone for a two-week capacity-building training programme in China focused on identifying and monitoring corrupt practices. The...
Tensions ran high in Kailahun Town on Sunday 21 June 2026 after angry youths reportedly set part of a police barracks on fire following the death of a motorcycle rider, sparking widespread unrest in the...
The Coalition for Change (C4C) has concluded its first National Delegates Conference since 2017, marking a major step in the party’s efforts to strengthen its internal structures and position itself...
The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has strongly condemned the ongoing violent clashes between the Sierra Leone Police and commercial motorcycle riders in Kailahun District,...
Twenty-three-year-old Alpha Umaru has been remanded at the male correctional facility in Freetown by Magistrate John Manso Fornah of Pademba Road Court No. 2, on a two-count charge of larceny contrary...
Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, Justice Komba Kamanda, has joined colleague African Chief Justices and senior judicial leaders at the 3rd Africa Chief Justices’ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Summit,...
Happy and prosperous New Year to my avid readers and followers since this article happens to be my first article for 2022. This particular edition is tailored around non payment of advertorial debts by...
Sierra Leone, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is the body empowered by parliament to weed out corruption in Sierra Leone, and as a result of their tasks, the Director of Education and Outreach, ACC Patrick...
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has joined the rest of the world in observing 2022 World Radio Day. SLAJ noted that there are 2 billion people in the world that cannot read, noting...
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....
