By MWPA Communications Unit FREETOWN, October. 9, 2026: The Minister of Works and Public Assets, Dr. Denis M. Sandy, has supervised a transparent and merit-based selection process for 25 staff members of the Ministry who will participate in an international seminar on standardisation in the engineering and construction sector in Chengdu, China. The selected officials...Read More

The International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2026 celebration saw UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP) announce the establishment of Sierra Leone’s National Committee. As outlined in the IFAP Manual of Operations, National Committees help translate the Programme’s global priorities into national contexts, while enabling countries to share experience, expertise and good practices through...Read More

By Sallieu S, Kanu FREETOWN, October. 9, 2026 – The Ministry of Health (MoH), in partnership with Doctors with Africa (CUAMM), is advancing plans to strengthen Emergency and High Dependency Unit (HDU) services at the Kenema, Bo and Makeni Regional Hospitals as part of efforts to improve the management of critically ill patients across Sierra...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura FREETOWN, October 8, 2026: The Ministry of Health (MoH) and Partners In Health (PIH) have concluded a strategic review of staffing, service readiness and ongoing infrastructure developments at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH), aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and supporting the hospital’s expansion plans. The engagement, held at the New Brookfields Hotel,...Read More

By George M.O. Wiliams FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: The Union of Academic Staff Associations (UASA) has strongly challenged the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education’s (MTHE) recent press release on the ongoing salary review dispute, accusing the ministry of inconsistency and failing to present a concrete proposal to resolve the standoff with academic staff. In a...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu October. 9, 2026: The Government of Sierra Leone has reaffirmed its commitment to dialogue with academic staff in public tertiary institutions while declaring the ongoing lecturers’ strike unlawful and urging lecturers to resume work ahead of the reopening of universities on October 12. In a statement issued by the Ministry of...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, October. 9, 2026: – The Government of Sierra Leone has confirmed a security breach affecting the country’s national internet domain system, revealing that 44 websites using the “.sl” domain were impacted by an unauthorized cyber intrusion. In a statement issued Friday, the Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation disclosed that the...Read More