An ambitious November campaign to protect a million girls with the HPV vaccine could mark a historic inflection point in Sierra Leone’s journey to elimination of the all-too-common cancer. By Saidu Bah Sierra Leone health workers hold HPV vaccine posters in Freetown ahead of the vaccination of in-school and out-of-school girls between the ages of...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Gendema Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, Sunday, November 30, 2025 – President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the Gendema/Wandor Bridge, a transformational piece of infrastructure that now links the North and South-Eastern Regions of Sierra Leone. Before the bridge, residents, especially women and children, relied on a small hand-operated ferry to...Read More

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38 million to 11 million in 2024 – with improvements driven by vaccination coverage. Deaths have declined even...Read More

By Agnes Aineah Makeni, 25 November, 2025 / 9:02 pm (ACI Africa). The Bishop of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Makeni has exhorted Sierra Leoneans to jealously guard the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the West African country, known as one of the places in West Africa where Christians and Muslims peacefully live together. In his homily...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone — November 30, 2025: Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has announced a major step forward in the city’s clean energy and sustainability agenda. With support from Irish Aid, a new machine that will automate the production of eco-friendly briquettes has been purchased and is expected to arrive in Freetown by the...Read More

Sierra Leone – December 1, 2025:  FG Gold Limited has reached financial close on a landmark US$330 million senior debt facility with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), paving the way for the construction of Sierra Leone’s flagship large-scale commercial gold mine at Baomahun. The announcement represents one of the...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone — December 1, 2025: Minister of Finance Sheku Fantamadi Bagura has presented ‘The Appropriation Act 2026’ to Parliament, outlining government expenditure plans and fiscal priorities for the year ahead. The Act authorises spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the services of Sierra Leone in 2026. Key Objectives of...Read More