A Sierra Leonean national is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after his arrest this month on charges including rape and sexual assault, officials have confirmed. Ibrahim George...
President Julius Maada Bio has on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, conferred Sierra Leone’s prestigious Grand Commander of the Order of Rokel on Major General Paul Rogers of the United States Army during...
Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister, Timothy Kabbah, and Deputy Minister of Mines, Hon. Umaru Napoleon Koroma, arrived in Washington, D.C. on Monday, February 2, 2026, to attend the United States Critical...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released images and background profiles of several individuals of Sierra Leonean origin who were convicted of serious crimes in the United States...
A Sierra Leonean international journalist, Abu Shaw has urged United States President Donald Trump to invade Sierra Leone and remove President Dr. Julius Maada Bio from power, alleging that Bio stole the...
A 25-year-old man identified as Idrissa, a resident of Hastings on the outskirts of Freetown, has reportedly died after an apparent suicide, shortly after he was deported from the United States to Sierra...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced an immediate suspension of the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV1) program after the alleged gunman in the Brown University shooting was found to have...
On December 16, 2025, Sierra Leoneans heard the news: a US travel ban, starting January 1, 2026. While this might worry people, it's important to see it not as a sign of our country's weakness. Instead,...
A Media Influencer and Political Analyst, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, has expressed her support for the United States’ decision to impose a travel ban on Sierra Leone citizens, while emphasizing the...
A Sierra Leonean woman, who had successfully passed her U.S. citizenship test and was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance this week, has had her ceremony abruptly canceled by the United States Citizenship...
