By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, November 24, 2025: Sierra Leone’s steel industry is facing mounting pressure as substandard iron rods continue to enter the market through poorly monitored border points, threatening the survival of the country’s only fully established local iron rod factory. The factory, located in Masiaka, employs more than 600 Sierra Leoneans and...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (http://ICIEC.IsDB.org), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, is pleased to announce the accession of the Republic of Sierra Leone as its 51st Member Country, ICIEC said in a statement on Monday. This milestone...Read More

By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone – November 21, 2025: The Rotary Club of Freetown-Sunset has officially handed over a newly constructed public toilet facility to the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and the National Tourist Board (NTB), marking a significant boost to sanitation and tourism services along the popular Aberdeen/Lumley Beach. The four-cubicle...Read More

Nigeria and Sierra Leone signed two major digital agreements on Friday, November 21, and Saturday, November 22, on the sidelines of the Nigeria–Sierra Leone Digital Economy Mission held in Freetown. The countries aim to reinforce regional digital integration, modernize infrastructure and promote innovation, skills development and cross-border digital trade. The first agreement, signed after the...Read More

Johannesburg, November 21, 2025: A year-long campaign to mobilise investments in renewable energy across Africa has concluded with pledges amounting to €15.5 billion, marking a major step toward expanding electricity access and accelerating the continent’s clean energy transition. The initiative, co-led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa,...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura November 24, 2025: Dora’s Picture 046, one of Sierra Leone’s most ambitious and consistent film production houses, will premiere its latest feature film, Our Father’s Home, on Friday, November 28, 2025, at Salima Hall, Conga Water, Old Road Junction. The production company says the film aims not only to entertain but...Read More

By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway Bo Waterside-Jendema – As a means of enhancing effective transport and trade facilitation between Sierra Leone and Liberia and by large across the West African sub region, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) together with the two nations, has moved to lay that matter to bed. By doing so, ECOWAS alongside...Read More