Sierra Leone is the latest addition to the Incident Management Support Team (IMST) list of the most mpox-hit nations. Skyrocketing cases are triggering concern across Africa. Sierra Leone recorded its first case on January 10, 2025. Immediately after, Minister of Health Dr Austin Demby declared a Public Health Emergency, saying at the time the move...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh The High Court of Sierra Leone, presided over by Justice Cosmotina Jarrett, has convicted Issa Kamara, Chief Examiner of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on multiple corruption charges. The ruling was delivered in Freetown on May 22, 2025. Kamara was found guilty on five counts, including Abuse of Office, Abuse of...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker has committed two individuals to the High Court for trial over allegations of fraudulent motorbike conversion. The rulings were delivered on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at the Magistrate Court in Freetown. Keifalla Kanu’s Case Keifalla Kanu, a 21-year-old accused, was arraigned on one count of fraudulent conversion under...Read More

Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone , Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh shows the signed grant document to the delegates at the Forum UNDP Sierra Leone / Eminence In a significant stride toward promoting inclusive development, the Governments of Sierra Leone and India, in collaboration with the United Nations, have launched a transformative project...Read More

By Chernor Maju Bah In a small corner of Old Railway Line Shell in Freetown, Sheka Kallon found his calling  a world of colors, imagination, and creativity. Kallon is a painter who blends abstract and mural art into deeply personal expressions of identity.  Yet, his journey to becoming an artist wasn’t paved with obvious encouragement...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) has completed a two-day stakeholder engagement in Makeni, concluding on May 20, 2025. This initiative is part of the Commission’s ongoing consultations across regions to incorporate recommendations from the Tripartite Committee into its upcoming 2025–2029 strategic framework. Held at the Bombali District Council Hall, the...Read More

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) The West Africa Network of Activists and Media Defence Lawyers has cautioned that Sierra Leone’s Counter-Terrorism Bill 2024 contains vague provisions that could target journalists, protesters, and human rights defenders under broad claims of national security. A coalition of leading press freedom and human rights lawyers across West Africa...Read More

By Betty Milton, Information Attache, Sierra Leone Embassy Brussels Vatican City, Rome – Sierra Leone’s Deputy Ambassador to Belgium and the Vatican, Mrs. Asmaa James, joined world leaders in attending the installation of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 17, 2025. Ahead of the ceremony, on May 16, Mrs. James was among over...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone – Lawyer Ady Macauley, a leading presidential aspirant for the All People’s Congress (APC), has been receiving increasing local support across several communities, including Freetown, Falaba, and Koinadugu, as he continues his engagements with party members and the electorate. According to Alimony Kamara, a senior APC official, Macauley’s...Read More