April 26, 2023
Sierra Leone: Former Councilor On Remand for Alleged Incitement of August 10 Protests
Seiku Gibrila Tuary, allias Ice Tee, former Councilor of Ward 408, Constituency 116, made another appearance before Magistrate Mark Ngeba of the Pademba Road Magistrates' Court… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone to Reduce Malaria Infection By 75 Percent in 2025 - Program Manager Nmcp
Programme Manager for the National Malaria Control Programme, Dr. Dennis H. Marke, has confirmed during the launch of the World Malaria Day that, Sierra Leone will reduce malaria… Read more »
Sierra Leone: BSL to Launch National Payment Switch
Bank of Sierra Leone is set to launch the National Payment Switch which will ease money transactions and move the country closer to achieving the objective of building a cashless… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Leema Dodges Investigative Committee Hearings On Accusations of Extra Judicial Killings
Lahai Lawrence Leema, Deputy Internal Affairs Minister refused to face the Special Investigative Committee (SIC) set up by President Bio to look into the August 8, 9,10 anti-… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Man Gets 10-Year Jail Term for Rape
37-year-old Yusuf Mohamed Conteh was sentenced by Justice Justices Mohamed Bawoh to ten-year imprisonment after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14- year-old child in… Read more »
Sierra Leone: SLPP, NGC Align for 2023 Elections
Leaders of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), President Julius Maada Bio and the National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party leader, Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella have on Sunday… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Alleged Murder of First Lady's Bodyguard - Accused Acquitted and Discharged
Mohamed Samura, Mohamed Lamin Dumbuya and Hardy Momodu Evetyn Jabbie, who were alleged to have murdered the bodyguard of First Lady Fatima Bio, Samuel Abu Bakarr Kargbo alias… Read more »
West Africa: President Bio Addresses Major ECOWAS Human Trafficking Conference
President Julius Maada Bio has addressed the first regional conference of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to chart ways for deeper cooperation to end human… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Sierra Leone: Children Make Passionate Appeal for Passing of Child Rights Bill
Kofi Roberts, attending Sierra Leone Grammar School in SSS 1 (Science 2), has appealed to President Julius Maada Bio, saying: "because of the delay in enacting the revised Child… Read more »
Africa: Leone Rock Metal Group Seeking Growth Opportunities in West Africa
Mr. Collin Ding, the President of Leone Rock Metal Group who was leading a high-level delegation to Conakry together with the Director-General of African Affairs of the Ministry of… Read more »
Sierra Leone: SLPP Washington Metro Chapter Donates U.S.$40 000 Towards Elections
The ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party North America (SLPPNA), Washington DC Metro Chapter, on Sunday, April 9, presented a check of 40, 000.00 United States Dollars to the Regional… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Speaker Calls On Political Parties to Give Space to More Women
The Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Hon.Abass C. Bundu has urged the Parliamentary Party leaders to tell their political parties leadership to give more space to women… Read more »
Sierra Leone: President Bio Heaps Praises On Prof. Alpha Wurie for 60 Percent Drop in Maternal Mortality
President Julius Maada Bio while cataloguing his achievements in the past five years at the annual Speech Day and Prize Giving ceremony of his alma mater, The Bo School, on Friday,… Read more »
Sierra Leone: We Need to Reimagine and Transform Our Educational Systems - Deputy UN Secretary-General
Deputy UN Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has stressed there is a need to reimagine and transform educational systems globally, if they are to be fit for purpose. Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS, AU Assess Elections Preparedness
President Julius Maada Bio has received delegations from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the African Union, AU, that are on a fact-finding mission and to… Read more »
Sierra Leone: MP Says Child Rights Bill Is Close to Parliament's Heart
Bashiru Thullah Esq., attached at the Ministry of Gender and Children's Affairs, Aberdeen Road in Freetown, on Wednesday 12th April, 2023 spoke to this medium about the current… Read more »
Sierra Leone: CRS Launches Youth in Politics and Peace Building Project
With the aim to ensuring and maintaining peaceful environment and promotes young people's participation in politics and peace building in the country, Catholic Relief Services… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Native Consortium Frowns At Hike in Flour Price
Native Consortium and Research Centre (NCRC) through a press release issued on Tuesday 11th April has condemned the recent hike in the price of wheat flour in the country. Read more »
Sierra Leone: UK Put Sierra Leone On Red List for Health Workers' Recruitment
The United Kingdom has placed Sierra Leone and other Africans and Asians Countries on the red list of countries that it will not be actively targeting for recruitment in health and… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Sierra Leone: Investigating Fake Degree Certificates - Report Reveals Political Interference in University Enrolment
Findings on the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Academic fraud in the Civil and public services in Sierra Leone, have revealed that crippling politics of patronage and… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Tobacco and Nicotine Act, 2022 in Limbo
After seven month of its enactment by the Sierra Leone Parliament, the Media Consultant for Focus 1000 has informed pressmen and Civil Society activists that they don't know the… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Voxpop - What Sierra Leoneans Say About the Ban On Street Rallies
On March 27, the Chairman of Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) Abdulai M. Bangura together with heads of political parties 'unanimously agreed' to ban all forms of… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Leone Rock Commissions Mega 12 Million Metric Tons Processing Plant
WHAT HAPPENED: Leone Rock Metal Group through its subsidiary vehicle, Kingho Mining Company, on Thursday, 30th March, 2023, laid the cornerstone for the construction of a-12-… Read more »
Sierra Leone: A Reflection of Five Crucial Occurrences in March
It could be quite significant to highlight events that happened these days because we are fast running into the June 2023 multitier elections. Read more »
Sierra Leone: At Mile 38 Checkpoint - APC Accuses Police of 'Attempted Assassination' but Police Says Otherwise
The country's main opposition All People's Congress (APC) has accused the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) of attempting to assassinate their leader and presidential candidate, Dr. Samura… Read more »