By Ayang Macdonald Sierra Leone has entered into a partnership agreement with scalable digital infrastructure firm Sign to power its digital transformation with blockchain technology. According to a news release, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed recently between the country’s Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI) and the CEO of the California-based decentralized identity company, Xin Yan. Both...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, November 13, 2025: Telecommunications company One Mobile has introduced a new payroll deduction scheme designed to make next-generation smartphones and unlimited data more accessible to Sierra Leone’s public and civil service employees. The initiative, launched by One Mobile’s Chief Operating Officer David Kpakima, offers eligible employees a 5G smartphone with zero...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, November 12, 2025 — Ambassador Omrie Golley, a leading aspirant for the All People’s Congress (APC) standard bearer position, has issued an urgent appeal to party members and supporters in Sierra Leone’s Southeast region, urging them to remain peaceful, united, and focused as the APC prepares for its lower-level elections. Speaking...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Sierra Leone — High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Mark Ngegba, has sentenced David Johnson, a motor driver from Deep Eye Water along the Waterloo Highway, to 30 years imprisonment for transporting prohibited drugs without lawful authority. Johnson was arraigned before the High Court on two counts of Transportation of Prohibited Drugs without Lawful...Read More
By Tom Cleaver President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The pair discussed bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation, as well as relations between Sierra Leone and the European Union, developments on the Cyprus problem, as...Read More
