By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has confirmed receipt of NLe 120,000 from the leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC), following a fine imposed on the party for breaching provisions of the Political Parties Act (No. 25) of 2022. According to the Commission, the fine...Read More
An ambitious November campaign to protect a million girls with the HPV vaccine could mark a historic inflection point in Sierra Leone’s journey to elimination of the all-too-common cancer. By Saidu Bah Sierra Leone health workers hold HPV vaccine posters in Freetown ahead of the vaccination of in-school and out-of-school girls between the ages of 11...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Gendema Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, Sunday, November 30, 2025 – President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the Gendema/Wandor Bridge, a transformational piece of infrastructure that now links the North and South-Eastern Regions of Sierra Leone. Before the bridge, residents, especially women and children, relied on a small hand-operated ferry to cross...Read More
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38 million to 11 million in 2024 – with improvements driven by vaccination coverage. Deaths have declined even more...Read More
By Agnes Aineah Makeni, 25 November, 2025 / 9:02 pm (ACI Africa). The Bishop of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Makeni has exhorted Sierra Leoneans to jealously guard the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the West African country, known as one of the places in West Africa where Christians and Muslims peacefully live together. In his homily on...Read More
