Story by Nozibusiso Sibiya The Sierra Leone women’s national team won the West African Football Association (WAFU A) Regional Cup in June. While Sierra Leone’s Women’s Premier League champions RAM Kamara FC made their debut in the CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers. Speaking to SABC Sport, James-Teima says having school sports as part of the curriculum has helped...Read More
Sierra Leone has officially acceded to the UN Water Convention (United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes) in a high-level ceremony at the UN General Assembly in New York. This milestone reinforces the country’s commitment to sustainable water governance and cooperation with its neighbors. Sierra Leone now joins seven...Read More
Freetown, September 25, 2025 – The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), have concluded a two-day inaugural meeting of the death reporting sub-committee, bringing together health professionals, civil registration experts, academia, and partners. This marks the first step in a series of activities...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – September 26, 2025: After more than two decades of transformative humanitarian and development work, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has officially closed its country programme in Sierra Leone. The organization began operations in 1999 during the height of the civil war and has since played a pivotal role in...Read More
By: Zach Lowy When Michael Lahoud was born in Freetown on September 15, 1986, Sierra Leone was rapidly devolving into a failed state. Decades of political corruption, electoral violence, and growing economic inequality had taken their toll on the country. When the government could no longer afford to pay schoolteachers, the public education system collapsed. Apart...Read More
