By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, June 26, 2025 — Creators, legal experts, and government officials convened at Creative Hub Africa in Lumley on Thursday to launch critical discussions on updating Sierra Leone’s outdated Copyright Act of 2011. The consultation, themed “Getting Copyright Right to Strengthen Sierra Leone’s Creative Industry,” aimed to build consensus around a modern,...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, June 26, 2025 — A controversial government proposal to divide Freetown into two administrative districts met fierce resistance during a heated town hall meeting hosted by the Freetown City Council on Thursday. The gathering, held at the Council Auditorium on Wallace-Johnson Street, drew over 600 attendees—including lawyers, civil society leaders, youth...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, Sierra Leone — June 27, 2025: In the wake of a critical phase in Sierra Leone’s Mpox (Monkeypox) outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the National Public Health Agency (NPHA), has called on media professionals to ramp up their role in community engagement and public health education. This...Read More
Speaking at the 7th edition of the Strengthening Families Conference that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West Africa Area organized, Archbishop Tamba lamented that the reported growing acceptance of “contraceptive culture” is eroding the moral foundation of family life. The Sierra Leonean Catholic Archbishop decried the spread of contraceptive ideologies that, he said,...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Freetown, Sierra Leone — June 27, 2025: The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) and FG Gold Ltd have signed a landmark Local Content Plan Implementation Agreement, signaling a renewed commitment to integrating Sierra Leonean talent, businesses, and institutions into the country’s booming mining sector. The agreement, signed at the SLLCA’s Conference...Read More
