When Bangura took office, inflation was raging above 50 percent in late 2023. By mid-2025, it had been wrestled to single digits, with Statistics Sierra Leone recording year-on-year headline inflation...
Sierra Leone has taken a major step toward expanding access to clean energy as Minister of Finance Sheku A. F. Bangura signed a lease agreement for a 40-megawatt (MW) solar power project with Release by...
In a revelation that has sent shockwaves through Sierra Leone’s political and civic landscape, Finance Minister Sheku Fantamahdi Bangura disclosed that the country exported an estimated $1.5 billion...
The Gento Group of Companies has asked the government for support to build a rail link connecting the Banana Island Transshipment Port with the Kasafoni Iron Ore deposit. The project aims to improve Sierra...
Tensions flared in Diang Chiefdom on Thursday when hundreds of landowners staged a mass protest against a government delegation led by the Minister of Finance, Ahmed Sheku Fantamadi Bangura. The delegation...
The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura led a high-level delegation to conduct unannounced inspections of the implementation of digital excise stamps on imported and locally produced goods. The...
Sierra Leone has signed a new agreement with a Chinese company to develop the Tonkolili North Iron Ore Deposit and the supporting infrastructure. The Mineral Wealth Fund (Sierra Leone) Limited and China...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has reported the successful completion of its project review mission for the Rural Finance & Community Improvement Project Phase II (RFCIP-II)...
A quiet but growing wave of dissatisfaction is building within Sierra Leone’s security sector as prolonged delays in the supply of their entitled bags of rice threaten to erode morale and compromise...
Finance Minister Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura has denied rumors that the International Monetary Fund has suspended its program with Sierra Leone, saying that the program is still alive and is now completing...
