By Sallieu S. Kanu State House, Freetown – Monday, 13 October 2025: Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has welcomed the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), His Excellency Wamkele Mene, to Sierra Leone for the official launch of the country’s AfCFTA Readiness Assessment Report and the Updated National Trade Strategy (2024–2030)....Read More
By George M.O. Wiliams The Sierra Leone Immigration Department (SLID) has initiated a formal investigation following international media reports alleging that a Turkish national, recently arrested for criminal and drug-related activities, was found in possession of a Sierra Leone diplomatic passport. Reports from Dutch, German, and Sierra Leonean outlets have raised serious concerns about how the...Read More
By Mohamed Lamin Turay MORIBA TOWN, IMPERIE CHIEFDOM — The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Chairman, Jimmy Batilo Songa, has officially commissioned a modern health facility in Moriba Town, bringing critical healthcare services to the heart of the Rutile community. The commissioning ceremony was marked by jubilant celebrations, with drums and singing echoing through the town...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone — Social Welfare Minister Melrose Kaminty is under intense scrutiny following allegations that she defied a court injunction concerning a long-standing land dispute in the Kuntorlor community, Wellington. The injunction, issued by Justice Hannah Bonnie of the High Court of Sierra Leone on February 4, 2025, prohibits any development or...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka FREETOWN — The Court of Appeal has sentenced 40-year-old businessman Nuru Deen Bangapoma Bangura to nine years in prison for Migrant Smuggling, in violation of Section 20(1) of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2022 (Act No. 12 of 2022). Delivering judgment on Monday, Honourable Justice Tonia Barnett JA found Bangura guilty...Read More
