Kenema, Sierra Leone – 17 October 2025 — Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) convened a high-level regional stakeholders’ engagement at the Kenema District Council Hall, bringing together paramount chiefs and district authorities from the Eastern Region. The meeting focused on the ongoing cartographic mapping exercise in preparation for the 2026 Population and Housing Census. Strengthening...Read More
Sierra Leone — October 21, 2025: Two years after the demolition of homes in Angola Town by the Ministry of Lands, affected residents, including prominent journalist Alex Lawrence Koroma, continue to seek justice and resolution. Despite repeated appeals and parliamentary engagement, the matter remains unresolved, raising concerns over due process and citizens’ rights to land...Read More
By George M. O. Williams Sierra Leone — Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has formally responded to a government inquiry into alleged Kush-related deaths across the capital, revealing a troubling surge in unclaimed corpses and calling for urgent national action. In a letter dated October 20, 2025, addressed to the Ministry of Local Government and...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, October 21, 2025: A major step toward universal energy access in Sierra Leone was taken today with the launch of a €22 million investment facility under the Salone Off-Grid Renewable Energy Acceleration (SOGREA) Initiative. The program aims to catalyze private sector investment in green mini-grids (GMGs), expanding electricity access across...Read More
By George M. O. Williams October 21, 2025: The Sierra Leone Employers Federation (SLEF), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), has launched a new Employers’ Guide and conducted a training session on the Employment Act, 2023. The initiative, supported by the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities, aims to enhance workplace productivity, promote decent...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone — The Honourable Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Isata Mahoi, on Monday officially welcomed the newly appointed Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) during a courtesy visit to the Ministry’s headquarters in Freetown. The meeting marked a renewed commitment to strengthening the longstanding...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone, October 21, 2025: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a formal indictment at the High Court of Sierra Leone, Holden at Kono, against two employees of the Koidu Government Hospital for allegedly misappropriating medical supplies designated for the Free Health Care Programme. The accused, Christian Benjamin Karjue, Head Store Keeper,...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, Sierra Leone — October 20, 2025: Each morning, 22-year-old Osman Dumbuya begins his school day not with a lesson, but with a struggle—a struggle to find a commercial vehicle willing to take him across Freetown. Living with visual impairment in Kissy Shell, east of the capital, Osman’s commute to his...Read More
The Nigerian Government has officially handed over four Technical Aid Corps volunteers to the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone. According to the statement released by the spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Sunday, the formal ceremony took place in Freetown on Thursday, October 16, 2025. The statement added that...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone — October 20, 2025: M. Rogers Pictures, one of Sierra Leone’s emerging film production houses, is set to premiere its latest romantic drama, Love in Sight, on Saturday, November 23, 2025, at the Max Complex in Calaba Town, Freetown. The film, directed by Anthony D. Karim—widely known by his...Read More
