By Kemo Cham Experts and government representatives have called for the need for collaboration to tackle one of the most pressing public health issues in West Africa – Lassa fever. The calls were made in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, which is hosting the Second Lassa fever International Conference (ELFIC2025) which brings together scientists, researchers and...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Kabala, Koinadugu District — In a quiet forest clearing in northern Sierra Leone, the rhythmic pulse of tradition still echoes through the trees. Foday Mansaray, a veteran Limba musician, sits surrounded by hand-carved instruments—the gusung, kele, n’kali, kenkeni, and huban—each a testament to a fading cultural legacy. Dressed in a vibrant...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, Sierra Leone — September 5, 2025: The Veteran Artists Association-Sierra Leone (VAA-SL) convened its inaugural Secretariat Familiarization Meeting on Friday at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts, marking a pivotal moment for the country’s creative sector. Held at the academy’s Liverpool Street campus, the gathering brought together key...Read More
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2025: Sierra Leone’s development is seriously being hampered by the lack of human resources as much as the absence of meaningful financial investment capital. Hence, when professionally qualified and experienced Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora return home, there is always that glimmer of hope that maybe – just maybe, the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – August 21, 2025: Sierra Leone’s agricultural outlook for 2025 faces mixed prospects, according to the latest GIEWS Country Brief released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). While cereal production in 2024 reached above-average levels and inflation has sharply declined, rainfall deficits during the early months of the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – September 8, 2025: A growing number of Sierra Leoneans are contemplating leaving their homeland in search of better opportunities abroad, according to the latest Afrobarometer survey conducted in March and April 2025. The findings reveal that nearly six in ten citizens (57%) have considered emigration, with 38% saying...Read More
By Foday M. Daboh, Public Policy Expert (University of Pennsylvania) In Sierra Leone, debates about the cost of living often dominate political conversations. Walk through the streets of Freetown or Makeni, and you will hear heated exchanges about how prices of rice, oil, and fuel have skyrocketed under the current administration compared to the days...Read More
The commitment will allow Planting Naturals to grow its operations and boost incomes and livelihoods for its growing network of farmers in the West-Africa country. AgDevCo aims to build successful African agribusinesses through long-term investment and support to deliver positive impact at scale | Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash AgDevCo, a specialist investor in...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Sierra Leone — Police prosecutor DPC 13849 Saffia Amara on Friday, September 5, 2025, led crucial evidence in the ongoing drug possession trial of Umar Mansaray, a businessman facing four counts related to prohibited substances and drug manufacturing materials. Testifying before Magistrate Augustine Brima Samura at Pademba Road Court No. 8,...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone: Seven years after the launch of President Julius Maada Bio’s flagship Free Quality Education (FQE) initiative, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has delivered a scathing critique of the program’s implementation, citing unfulfilled promises, infrastructural neglect, and misplaced government priorities. Speaking in a recent interview with Liberty TV, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr acknowledged...Read More
