By Fatima Kpaka A technician at Sea Coach Express has testified in an ongoing fraud case involving three company staff accused of embezzling dozens of tickets valued at over seventy-three thousand new Leones. Appearing before Magistrate Mary Julian Gbloh at Pademba Road Court No. 5 on Monday, 30th June 2025, witness Micah Tanimu — who...Read More
Story by Rfi, Radio France Internationale, Paris A cheap synthetic drug known as kush is ravaging West Africa and its epicentre is Sierra Leone. The government has declared kush a public health emergency, but poverty and trauma are slowing efforts by communities to help unhook young people from its sometimes deadly hold. At 20, Ousmane’s future...Read More
By Samuel Ben Turay (Ataya Pot) Port Loko/Karene Districts, Sierra Leone — In a powerful story of leadership, empathy, and timely intervention, Dr. Ibrahim Bangura has been hailed for restoring the Mabanta Ferry—a vital but aging river crossing that once again connected two districts separated by the Rokel River in December 2018. The ferry, which...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Kabala, June 21, 2025 — Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr brought a powerful message of inspiration and resilience to 150 young girls during a visit to Kabala as part of the YAS Girls’ Leadership Foundation outreach. Held on Saturday, the event was filled with excitement and meaningful dialogue as Mayor Aki-Sawyerr shared...Read More
Idris Elba’s Sherbro Island eco-smart city gets greenlight in Sierra Leone, as he and co-founder Siaka Stevens secure support from President Julius Maada Bio. By BellaNaija.com Idris Elba is embarking on one of the most ambitious development projects in West Africa, transforming Sierra Leone’s Sherbro Island into a sustainable eco-smart city that will serve as a model for...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, June 26, 2025 — Creators, legal experts, and government officials convened at Creative Hub Africa in Lumley on Thursday to launch critical discussions on updating Sierra Leone’s outdated Copyright Act of 2011. The consultation, themed “Getting Copyright Right to Strengthen Sierra Leone’s Creative Industry,” aimed to build consensus around a...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, June 26, 2025 — A controversial government proposal to divide Freetown into two administrative districts met fierce resistance during a heated town hall meeting hosted by the Freetown City Council on Thursday. The gathering, held at the Council Auditorium on Wallace-Johnson Street, drew over 600 attendees—including lawyers, civil society leaders,...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, Sierra Leone — June 27, 2025: In the wake of a critical phase in Sierra Leone’s Mpox (Monkeypox) outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the National Public Health Agency (NPHA), has called on media professionals to ramp up their role in community engagement and public health education....Read More
Speaking at the 7th edition of the Strengthening Families Conference that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West Africa Area organized, Archbishop Tamba lamented that the reported growing acceptance of “contraceptive culture” is eroding the moral foundation of family life. The Sierra Leonean Catholic Archbishop decried the spread of contraceptive ideologies that, he...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Freetown, Sierra Leone — June 27, 2025: The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) and FG Gold Ltd have signed a landmark Local Content Plan Implementation Agreement, signaling a renewed commitment to integrating Sierra Leonean talent, businesses, and institutions into the country’s booming mining sector. The agreement, signed at the SLLCA’s...Read More
