By Sallieu S. Kanu Pujehun, Sierra Leone – January 30, 2026: All People’s Congress (APC) flagbearer hopeful, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has reinforced her party’s grassroots ties during a visit to Pujehun District, a region long regarded as a stronghold of APC support. Traveling along the newly completed Bo–Pujehun Road, a project initiated under former President...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, January 30, 2026: Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has convened a high-level stakeholder meeting at State House to advance the establishment of the Sierra Leone Commodity Board, following a recent Cabinet decision. The meeting focused on two major outcomes: the formal creation of a national Commodity Board and the Government’s...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu *Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 31 January 2026* – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to participate in the upcoming World Governments Summit scheduled from 3 to 5 February 2026. This year’s Summit, themed “Shaping Future Governments,” aims to explore a new era of governance...Read More

Bo City, Sierra Leone – January 29, 2026 – The Office of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security (PI-CREF), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has successfully concluded a one-day regional training workshop on strengthened food systems coordination and information dissemination in Bo...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – January 30, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has convened the first Inter-Pillar Coordination Group (IPCG) meeting of the year, bringing together the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency (SLMeT), the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), and other partners to strengthen collaboration on disaster preparedness, risk reduction, and...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – January 30, 2026:  Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 has issued a bench warrant against Mr. Tamba Mani, Manager of Sky Bank Limited Makeni branch, for failing to appear in court as required. Mr. Mani is facing four count charges, including: Conspiracy to defraud,...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, January 2026:A new report by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has laid bare the structural failures in Sierra Leone’s public finance system, arguing that the country’s persistent poverty is not only rooted in corruption and political instability, but in the way large state contracts are captured by business elites,...Read More