As the curtains drew down on the 69th ECOWAS Summit on Sunday, July 19th, at Lungi, across the Freetown estuary, President Bio and Sierra Leone have added another defining chapter to their diplomatic history. The successful hosting of the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government was more than a...Read More
Karamoh Kabba on Geopolitics The petrodollar is weakening — and weakening far more rapidly than many policymakers anticipated. While structural pressures have long threatened its dominance, recent U.S. strategic missteps, particularly under President Trump’s handling of the Iran crisis, have accelerated its decline. Yet even with these miscalculations, BRICS would have struggled to achieve such momentum...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone, 19 July 2026: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Sierra Leone, working in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Police, has dismantled a large illegal mining camp in Mayata Village, Kholifa Rowala Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, where massive dredges had been installed to exploit the Pampana River. EPA Executive Chairman Abu-Bakarr Massaquoi described...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Freetown, Sierra Leone, 17 July 2026: The ECOWAS Commission has signed two strategic cooperation agreements with the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC) and the Mano River Union (MRU), reinforcing its drive to deepen regional integration, strengthen food systems, and advance peacebuilding across West Africa. The agreements were concluded on the sidelines of the...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has described Sierra Leone’s remarkable journey from civil war and international isolation to regional leadership and global influence as a powerful expression of “Sierra Leonean Exceptionalism.” Speaking at the official commissioning of the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre and the ECOWAS Logistics Depot, he said the two...Read More
