By Alimatu Jalloh Sierra Leone — High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Mark Ngegba, has sentenced David Johnson, a motor driver from Deep Eye Water along the Waterloo Highway, to 30 years imprisonment for transporting prohibited drugs without lawful authority. Johnson was arraigned before the High Court on two counts of Transportation of Prohibited Drugs without...Read More

By Tom Cleaver President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The pair discussed bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation, as well as relations between Sierra Leone and the European Union, developments on the Cyprus problem,...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, November 13, 2025: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), through its Prevention Department, has formally handed over a Corruption Risks Assessment Report to the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company (SLPMC). The presentation took place on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, at the SLPMC conference room, 3a Wellington Street, Freetown. The report forms part of...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka KONO – Justice Santigie Ibrahim Sorie Bangura of the High Court in Kono has sentenced Mohamed Tarawalie, a young man, to ten years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of store breaking and larceny. Tarawalie was arraigned on one count under Section 26(1) of the Larceny Act of 1916. According...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura FREETOWN – In a heartwarming initiative bridging continents, Wells Cathedral School from the United Kingdom has provided free music lessons to more than 100 aspiring musicians at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Freetown. The program, which ran from October 20 to 23, 2025, offered instruction in guitar,...Read More

Source: Caleb Ahinakwah  Political scientist Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has criticised the Ghanaian government’s handling of the ongoing deportation of West African nationals from the United States, describing the situation as “difficult to understand” and calling for more humane treatment of those affected. His comments come after a Sierra Leonean woman, among more than 20 West...Read More

By Claudia Redwood-Sawyerr, MOICE The Minister of Information and Civic Education officially launched the 2025 Salone Civic Festival at the Miatta Civic Centre, Youyi Building, Freetown, on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Hon. Chernor Bah expressed excitement while performing the task in the presence of young people, who, he said, constitute most of the country’s population....Read More

By Shreya Dasgupta Sierra Leone communities sign carbon agreement based on carbon justice principles© Mongabay More than 220 communities in Sierra Leone have signed a benefit-sharing carbon agreement with a developer that will help protect a key mangrove ecosystem. Namati Sierra Leone, a legal advocacy group counseling all involved communities, said the agreement between the communities in the chiefdom of...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura KAMBIA DISTRICT – In a landmark cultural initiative, the Bramaia Artists Union will host a joint concert with the Khonimakha Chiefdom Artists Union on January 5, 2026, at the Saint Mary Secondary School Complex in Kukuna Town, Bramaia. The event seeks to heal historical divisions and promote lasting peace between the...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Principal Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of the Freetown Magistrate Court No.1 has on Monday, November 10, 2025, committed Abdul Kanu and Mohammed Abu Turay to the High Court for trial over allegations of wrongfully exposing the travel manifest of President Julius Maada Bio and his entourage to the United Kingdom. Charges The...Read More