July 25

• Sierra Leone: Alarming - Bollore to Lay Off 525 Sierra Leoneans

  French Company Bollore Has Threatened to Cancel Contracts It Has With Local Transporters On October 21 This Year; a Decision That Is Set to Cost Some 525 Sierra Leoneans Their... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: 'Mbakui and Co Have a Case to Answer' - Magistrate Barnett Declares

  Tonia Barnett of the Pedemba Road Magistrate Court No. 1 yesterday committed the matter of Mohamed Mbakui and Mohamed Mansaray to the High Court for further trial. She also ordered... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Le90 Million Bail for RUFP Officials

  Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No.2 yesterday granted bail of Le30 million (thirty million Leones) each to supporters of the Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP) for... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Three Step-Down From SLPP Race - Endorse Chief Somanoh

  Three aspirants for the position of Chairman and Leader of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) have backed out of the race in support of the erstwhile Deputy... Read more »

July 24

• Sierra Leone: Moyamba Residents Unhappy With Gov't

  The Moyamba-Shenge road is still in a deplorable state despite several promises made by the government in the first term of President Ernest Bai Koroma to construct the road.... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: SLVA Commence Referees Course

  The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVA) on Monday July 22 commenced a five-day referee's course at the National Stadium in Freetown. Read more »

• Sierra Leone: E.E. Lions Ready to Roar Against FCFC Today

  East End Lions could add more miseries in the Freetown City FC camp as the two sides come face-to-face today in another Premier League duel at the National Stadium in Freetown. Read more »

• Sierra Leone: President Koroma Warns: No Interfrence in SLFA Election

  President Ernest Bai Koroma - known by his political followers as 'World Best' - has warned the Sports Ministry to hands-off the forthcomming Sierra Leone Football Association... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Saudi Prince Invites Sierra Leone

  A Sierra Leonean Missionary has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the invitation of Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed, Advisor to the Saudi King and President of... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: In Songo - Ceford 'Girl Power Project' Brings Hope to Girls

  A local non-governmental organisation, Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CEFORD), is currently implementing the 'Girl Power Project' (because I am a girl child) in... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: DIFSIL Provides Succour to Grafton Disabled Persons

  In a bid to promote self-reliance among disabled persons, the Disabled International Foundation Sierra Leone (DIFSIL) has donated seedlings and gara tie-dying materials to disabled... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Cholera Epidemic May Hit Grafton Camp

  Residents of Grafton Old Camp in the outskirts of Freetown may be afflicted by the cholera epidemic due to open and indiscriminate defecation by adults and children alike in the... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: SLRA Blamed for Poor Drainage System in Freetown

  Motorists, motorcycle (okada) riders and pedestrians have blamed the Sierra Leone Roads Authority for the perennial flooding along Ferry Junction and Black Hall Road, Shell Old... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Accused Sent to Jail for Le136 Million Scam

  One Samuel Thomas Bangura was on Monday 22 July remanded at the maximum security prison on Pademba Road by Magistrate KombaKamanda of Court No.2 for allegedly stealing the sum of... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: WAICA Donates U.S.$30,000 to Youth Ministry

  The West African Insurance Companies Association Reinsurance Cooperation (WAICA) yesterday donated the sum of thirty thousand United States dollars (US$30,000) to the Ministry of... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Bo Wants 'Prosperity Agenda' to Focus On Health

  Hundreds of residents of Jaiama-Bongor Chiefdom in Bo District have called on the government to priorities free healthcare in the implementation of the newly launched 'Agenda for... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Over 100 Babies Stranded At Emergency Hospital

  Authorities at the Emergency Surgical Centre, situated at Goderichin the far west of Freetown, have been left with no option but to close the paediatric outpatient department and... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Inflation Rate Rises By 0.45 Percent

  According to the Principal Statistician at Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL), the national monthly Consumer Price Index CPI (2007=100) has increased from 213.65% in May 2013 to 214.61%... Read more »

July 23

• Sierra Leone: UNAIDS Urges Gov't to Raise Resources to Fight HIV/Aids

  The UNAIDs Executive Director, Dr. Michel Sidibe, says the agency was encouraging governments in the sub-region to create a new strategy to raise domestic funds to fight HIV in... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Sports Minister May Nullify SLFA Election

  Sierra Leone football risks being banned by the world governing body, FIFA for political interference following the Sports Minister, Paul Kamara'sthreat to nullify the August 3... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Mighty Blackpool Goes Top of League

  Z - Mighty Blackpool FC has moved to the top of the Sierra Leone Premier League, thanks to their 1-0 win over FC Johansen on Saturday at the Sierra Leone Football Academy ground. Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Another Bank Scam

  Yusuf Suma Kargbo, a customer at the United Bank for Africa (UBA), was last Wednesday remanded at the maximum security prison on Pademba Road by Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Marie Stopes Obstetrics Centre Closed

  The Marie Stopes Obstetrics Centre, located at Ahmed Drive in Freetown, has been closed down. The centre, which was a flagship initiative of Marie Stopes Sierra Leone (MSSL), had... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: 'Diamba Contains Over 400 Poisonous Chemicals'

  The banned but commonly used drug, cannabis, locally called 'diamba', is very harmful, as it contains over four hundred poisonous chemicals that affect addicts, according to the... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: SLRTC \GM Bans Prohibited Goods On Buses

  General Manager of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC), Bockarie Lewis Kamara, has banned the transportation of certain goods on the corporation's buses. Mr. Kamara... Read more »