By Mario Cortegana Jan 27, 2025 Within the space of six months, 18-year-old centre-back Juma Bah has gone from playing football in his homeland of Sierra Leone to paying his own €6million release clause in order to unilaterally break his contract with a club in Spain’s La Liga and days later join Premier League champions Manchester City. And then immediately get sent on loan...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu January 27, 2025: The Freetown City Council (FCC) and Climate Resilience for All (CRA), will co-host the first African Urban Heat Summit on February 6, 2025, according to a statement from FCC Communications. The landmark event will bring together African mayors from Kanifing, Monrovia, Conakry, Accra, Ouagadougou and Abidjan among others, local...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – In a dramatic turn of events, Detective Police Sergeant 10601 John Ansumana Marcathy testified on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, against Hawanatu Hawa Koroma, who stands accused of setting her husband, Nabieu Bangura, ablaze, resulting in his death. The accused was charged with murder, contrary to section 1 of the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – In a dramatic turn of events, Detective Police Sergeant 10601 John Ansumana Marcathy testified on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, against Hawanatu Hawa Koroma, who stands accused of setting her husband, Nabieu Bangura, ablaze, resulting in his death. The accused was charged with murder, contrary to section 1 of the...Read More
By Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE The escalating crisis of illegal substance abuse, particularly the kush epidemic, poses a grave threat to our city and country. In April 2024, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio declared substance abuse as a national emergency, but the devastating consequences of this epidemic are increasingly evident in Freetown. Youth are dropping...Read More
