Geneva, Switzerland, October 13, 2026: President Julius Maada Bio has outlined five key priorities for securing lasting peace across Africa, emphasizing stronger democratic institutions, preventive diplomacy, regional cooperation, people-centred security, and sustainable financing for African-led peace operations.Delivering a keynote lecture titled “Building Lasting Peace in Africa: The Catalytic Role of ECOWAS” at the Geneva Graduate...Read More
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, October 13, 2026: The Parliament Football Coordinating Team has presented the official Parliament Football Team jerseys to members of the parliamentary leadership as part of efforts to rally support ahead of the 2026 Inter-Ministerial Departments and Agencies (MDAs) Football Tournament.The symbolic presentation, held on Tuesday, October 13, brought together key parliamentary leaders,...Read More
By Marian Magdalene Bangura Waterloo will take centre stage in Sierra Leone’s civic engagement drive on Tuesday, 20th October, 2026, as government ministers, development partners and local authorities meet citizens to discuss Redistricting/ Creation of New Localities and the 2026 Population and Housing Census. The engagement, organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education...Read More
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
