By Ayang Macdonald Sierra Leone has entered into a partnership agreement with scalable digital infrastructure firm Sign to power its digital transformation with blockchain technology. According to a news release, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed recently between the country’s Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI) and the CEO of the California-based decentralized identity company, Xin Yan....Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, November 13, 2025: Telecommunications company One Mobile has introduced a new payroll deduction scheme designed to make next-generation smartphones and unlimited data more accessible to Sierra Leone’s public and civil service employees. The initiative, launched by One Mobile’s Chief Operating Officer David Kpakima, offers eligible employees a 5G smartphone with...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, November 12, 2025 — Ambassador Omrie Golley, a leading aspirant for the All People’s Congress (APC) standard bearer position, has issued an urgent appeal to party members and supporters in Sierra Leone’s Southeast region, urging them to remain peaceful, united, and focused as the APC prepares for its lower-level elections....Read More
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
