Boom! The echo of the first gunshot fired in Bomaru Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, on 23 March 1991 shattered not only the peace of a quiet community but the soul of an entire nation....
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As we mark the inaugural National Remembrance Week, culminating in the first-ever National Remembrance Day on January 18, 2026, a simple white ribbon has become a powerful emblem of the nation's unresolved...
Boom! The echo of the first gunshot fired in Bomaru Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, on 23 March 1991 shattered not only the peace of a quiet community but the soul of an entire nation. In that instant, Sierra...
For much of Sierra Leone’s post-colonial historiography, a familiar assertion recurs with striking confidence: that the most significant—if not the only—benefit conferred by British colonialism was...
President Julius Maada Bio is scheduled to deliver a nationwide presidential address on Sunday, 18 January 2026, in observance of National Remembrance Day, according to an official statement from the President. The...
A serving police officer, Jonathan Vandi Bakundu, has reportedly emerged as the Best Overall Graduating Student of Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone in Kenema, graduating with an outstanding...
The Local Unit Commander (LUC) of the Kambia Police Division, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Sao Vandy, on Saturday, 17 January 2026, formally turned the sod for the construction of a new police...
Joint security forces in Kambia District have intercepted a vehicle driven by a Guinean national and seized 190 boxes of suspected Tramadol tablets during a routine security operation at the Mile 18 Police...
I was in the middle of doing an article on APC flagbearers when these constitutional amendments arrived like some ugly badly dressed ‘orkoh’. So, I shelved that piece for a few days. These constitutional...
A woman identifying herself as Hanane Alla, has publicly demanded the return of her son, Liam Leijdekkers, and called for legal action against Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, and Dutch...
A Water Taxi Operator serving Western Freetown has been dragged before the High Court in Freetown over the alleged loss of a passenger’s hand luggage valued at NLe56,300, with claims of breach of contract,...
The government of Sierra Leone has identified security as the oxygen for the country’s sustainable socio-economic development. In this regard, the first ever security sector conference was launched...
Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital has recorded 2 new cases of Ebola. This is coming weeks after the city was thought to be free of the disease. Health officials say there are fears of further infections...
Post Ebola economic recovery - Changing the development narrative with people - centered programmes By State House Communications Unit Over the past ten months, there have been mixed feelings over...
