By Desmond Lewis March 2026: The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has completed the construction of a brand-new bridge at Old School, restoring a vital link between the Hill Top community and the main Hill Station road. According to SLRA Senior Engineer, John Bockarie Kamara, the previous community-built bridge collapsed last year, prompting SLRA to...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — March 8, 2026 The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Alhaji Manika Kamara, has urged renewed commitment to advancing equality, justice, and opportunity for women and girls, particularly within the media sector, as Sierra Leone joined the world in commemorating International Women’s Day. Speaking on...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone – March 2026: Justice Bawoh of the High Court in Freetown has ordered the release of 24-year-old Kadija Kamara, who had spent 11 months in custody after being convicted of office breaking and larceny. Kamara was charged under Section 27(2) of the Larceny Act of 1916 for breaking into the...Read More

Sierra Leone – March 6, 2026: The Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), with support from the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has successfully concluded a three-day Public–Private Partnership (PPP) training workshop aimed at strengthening Sierra Leone’s institutional capacity to deliver large-scale water infrastructure projects. The workshop, held from March...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone — March 5, 2026: Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Amb. Tamba Lamina, has summoned an emergency meeting to address the escalating financial and operational crisis at the Freetown City Council (FCC), following the suspension of the council’s access to funds that has disrupted sanitation services across the...Read More

By Oumar Farouk Sesay In Sierra Leone, national troubles rarely make the headlines. They arrive as errands. A mother plans her morning around whether the tap will run. A student studies by phone torchlight, rationing battery life and hope. A trader budgets for the “extra” fees—never receipted, always collected. A keke driver approaches the checkpoint...Read More

By Sallieu S, Kanu Sierra Leone – March 8, 2026: The All Peoples Congress (APC) has officially announced the opening of applications for Constituency Executive positions across the country. The announcement, issued by the party’s National Secretariat, follows Section 16 of the APC Party Elections Rules and Regulations, as gazetted by the Political Parties Regulation...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – March 2026: Three teenage pupils, including the adopted son of the late nurse Valentina Kamanda, have been remanded by Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah of Pademba Road Court No.1 over allegations of murder. The three made their first court appearance on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, murder, and...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura A coalition of gender rights advocates and correctional authorities in Sierra Leone has recently called for expanded microfinance opportunities and practical skills training for female inmates as part of a broader strategy to break the cycle of reoffending. The recommendation emerged following a stakeholder review of a welfare intervention targeting women...Read More