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 Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has officially unveiled a brand-new Dance Band in a ceremony held at the Senior Officers' Mess within the Kingtom Police Barracks. The event, attended by senior police officials,...
The Communications Director at Sierra Leone's State House, Myk Berewa, has expressed both pride and disappointment following the loss of his mother in the recent paramount chieftaincy election in Kailahun...
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...
Thirty-four-year-old businessman Mousa Sewa appeared before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Pademba Road Court No. 2, Freetown, on Tuesday, facing a charge of murder under Sierra Leone’s Offences Against...
With the recent signing of the Finance Act 2024 by President Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone is poised to enter a period of unprecedented economic strain. While the Act aims to enhance revenue through...
H.E. Josephine Gauld, the newly appointed British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, recently shared her insights from her visits to Bo, Kenema, and Makeni during an interview on AYV’s Wake Up Sierra...
The Office of National Security (ONS), in collaboration with the German development agency GIZ, successfully hosted a landmark cross-border peace and security meeting on October 31, 2024, at the Kambia...
The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, alongside the National Minerals Agency (NMA), has issued a press release regarding a recent incident involving a stone found in Kerry Town that was initially...
In a recent interview following the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, Financial Secretary Matthew Dingie outlined Sierra Leone's ambitious plans to enhance revenue mobilization and improve...
Abu Bakarr Yillah, a 47-year-old resident of Kambia, was committed to the High Court on charges of murder by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No. 2. The commitment follows preliminary...
The Annie Walsh Memorial School has emerged as the winner of the 2024 National Cyber Awareness Schools Debate, securing 26.6% of the total score. Their victory earned them a grand prize of NLe20,000,...
Sierra Leone has secured 100 scholarships for tourism courses at the Women in Tourism Regional Congress, hosted in Freetown by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the UN...
The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced the launch of the Bennimix Out growers Activity, a partnership with Bennimix Food Company. This 3-year...
