By Desmond Lewis March 2026: The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has completed the construction of a brand-new bridge at Old School, restoring a vital link between the Hill Top community and the main Hill Station road. According to SLRA Senior Engineer, John Bockarie Kamara, the previous community-built bridge collapsed last year, prompting SLRA to respond...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — March 8, 2026 The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Alhaji Manika Kamara, has urged renewed commitment to advancing equality, justice, and opportunity for women and girls, particularly within the media sector, as Sierra Leone joined the world in commemorating International Women’s Day. Speaking on the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone – March 2026: Justice Bawoh of the High Court in Freetown has ordered the release of 24-year-old Kadija Kamara, who had spent 11 months in custody after being convicted of office breaking and larceny. Kamara was charged under Section 27(2) of the Larceny Act of 1916 for breaking into the office...Read More
Sierra Leone – March 6, 2026: The Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC), with support from the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has successfully concluded a three-day Public–Private Partnership (PPP) training workshop aimed at strengthening Sierra Leone’s institutional capacity to deliver large-scale water infrastructure projects. The workshop, held from March 2–4...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone — March 5, 2026: Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Amb. Tamba Lamina, has summoned an emergency meeting to address the escalating financial and operational crisis at the Freetown City Council (FCC), following the suspension of the council’s access to funds that has disrupted sanitation services across the capital....Read More
