October 15
Sierra Leone: Sports Minister Claims ACC Indictee Calls for Sierra Leone FIFA Suspension
Sierra Leone Sports Minister, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh has accused the Anti-Corruption Commission indictee, Madam Isha Johansen as the individual behind Sierra Leone's international ban… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Team Sierra Leone Ends Youth Olympic On Low
Team Sierra Leone ended its 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games campaign in Buenos Aires, Argentina poorly after all its participants failed to make progress in their respective… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Young Computer Scientist Urges Govt to Introduce Technology in Classroom
Mohamed Bangura, a young Computer Science expert, has called on government to introduce technology in classrooms across the country, stating that it would improve education and… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Parliamentary Committee Urges TSC to Collaborate With WAEC
Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Basic and Higher Education have urged the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) to collaborate with officials of the West African Examinations… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Police Say Accused Shot and Killed Former CDS So Williams
One of the investigating officers in the on-going murder trial of the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General (retired) Samuel Omar… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Foreign Affairs Ministry Staff Testifies in Hajj-Gate Trial
Sulaiman Issa Turay, Head of Consular Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, last Friday, October 12, testified in the on-going 2017 Hajj… Read more »
October 12
Sierra Leone: Parliament Ratifies $10m Agro-Business Financing Agreement
Members of Parliament have yesterday approved a $10million financing agreement (Sierra Leone agro-processing competitiveness project) between the government of Sierra Leone and the… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Finance Minister Negotiates Reactivation of $45m Projects On Water, Agriculture
Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has met with senior officials of Indian Government, Indian EXIM Bank and many other CEOs of Indian companies on October 8-9 in the… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Land Ministry Unveils Excavator to Enhance Operations
The Ministry of Lands and Country Planning has yesterday unveiled an excavator that would be used to enhance the operations of the ministry in diverse ways possible. Read more »
October 09
Sierra Leone: UBA Introduces Social Media Banking
United Bank for Africa customers can now access their UBA accounts via Facebook Messenger and make cash transfers, check financial statement, purchase airtime, free of charge. Read more »
Sierra Leone: Aspirant Paramount Chief Reunites Bendugu Residents
Aspirant for the position of Paramount Chief in the Sambia Bendugu Chiefdom, Tonkolili district, northern Sierra Leone, has called on residents of the chiefdom to unite and push… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Lack of Evidence - Court Discharges President Bio's Impersonators
Principal Magistrate of Freetown Magistrates' Court No.1, Mr. Santigie Ibrahim Sorie Bangura, yesterday discharged three accused persons who were in his court for preliminary… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Solidaridad to Boost Cocoa, Palm Oil Production
A nongovernmental organisation, Solidaridad, is currently implementing two projects aimed at improving the production of cocoa and palm oil in Sierra Leone. Read more »
Sierra Leone: Hanna Bockarie's Murder Trial Resumes in the High Court
Hundreds of protesters marched to condemn Hanna Bockarie's alleged murder, demanding justice Read more »
Sierra Leone: Govt Terminates Mamamah Airport Project, Says It's Economically Unviable
A letter from the Ministry of Transport and Aviation to the Director Freetown International Airport Project (FIAP) has indicated that the Mamamah Airport Project, which was signed… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Cuban Embassy Celebrates 50th Salcuba Anniversary
First President of SALCUBA Jere W. Thomas making a statement whilst Cuba charge' de affairs Leonel Lazo Montalvo looks on Read more »
West Africa: Top West African Musicians to Light Up Freetown
Top and popular musicians in the sub-region are bracing themselves to light up the first ever ECOWAS musical festival (ECOFEST), scheduled to be held on November 16 at the National… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Mother Granted Le30 Million Bail for Child Cruelty
One Margret Kabia, 35, a businesswoman, was yesterday granted bail by Magistrate Abdul Sheriff, presiding at the Freetown Magistrates' Court No.7, for alleged child cruelty. Read more »
October 01
Sierra Leone: Teenage Pregnancy Affecting Health, Social, Economic, Political and Progress
Sierra Leone's 2014 and 2015 status of youth report has revealed that teenage pregnancy is one of the most pervasive problems affecting the health, social, economic, political… Read more »
Sierra Leone: 'I Will Never Disappoint Your Trust'
The newly appointed Ombudsman, Ms. Lois Anita Kawa, has assured Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment and the Public Service that she would never disappoint the… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Justice Delayed, Delayed, Delayed
Potential innocent people suffer in jail for years without a trial because jurors fail to perform their responsibilities. Judicial experts have also accused witnesses for cutting… Read more »
Sierra Leone: China-Sierra Leone Friendship Developing At Increasingly Faster Pace
The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wu Peng, has stated that China-Sierra Leone friendship was developing at increasingly faster pace for the fact that both countries share… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Ambassador Dr. Lansana Gberie Presents Credentials to UN Director General
Ambassador Dr. Lansana Gberie presenting his credentials to the UN Director General Mr. Michael Moller at the Palais Des Nations,UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland . Read more »
Sierra Leone: Journalist Bawoh Faces Parliament for SLRSA Board Chair
Editor of the Global Times Newspaper, Sheik Bawoh has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority by the President pending parliamentary… Read more »
September 28
Sierra Leone: CEO Says Orange Has 120 Million Customers
Chief Executive Officer of Orange Telecom Sierra Leone, Aminata Kane Ndiaye, has disclosed that the company is operating in over twenty five countries across the globe, adding that… Read more »
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