By Sallieu S. Kanu FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal filed by football administrator Aminata Bangura against the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), bringing to an end a legal dispute linked to the association’s 2025 electoral process. In an Arbitral Award issued on October 5, 2026, in the...Read More
By Staff Writer Sierra Leone has gained international recognition in public health after 2YoungLives, a community-based mentoring programme supporting pregnant adolescents and young mothers, was honoured at the 18th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) in Cape Town, South Africa. The initiative, implemented by Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP) in partnership with King’s College London, was named...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Sierra Leone Association of Hotels (SLAH), in collaboration with the Federation of Allied Tourism Associations (FATA), has concluded a five-day hospitality training programme aimed at enhancing professionalism and service delivery within Sierra Leone’s tourism and hospitality sector. The closing ceremony, which also featured the launch of a new website for the...Read More
By: Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Esq. The recent gazetting of 30 Establishment Orders by the government, formally creating two new districts, Bandajuma and Kpanguima, and eight new councils, has ignited significant controversy. Although the government frames the move as a necessary step toward bringing governance closer to the people, but my contention is that the process has...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Lawyers’ Society has called on the government to withdraw statutory instruments establishing new districts, cities and local councils, arguing that the measures were introduced without evidence of adequate consultation and compliance with parliamentary procedures. In a press release dated October 1, 2026, the Society expressed concern over Government Notices 246-277, published...Read More
