By Our Investigations Desk In a developing saga that has already gripped national attention, new legal dimensions have emerged surrounding the prolonged and unexplained withholding of a construction permit belonging to a Sierra Leonean citizen who has complied meticulously with all statutory requirements. This newspaper has covered earlier phases of this controversy, but today’s analysis...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Lawyers’ Society of Sierra Leone has welcomed the government’s intensified campaign against drug abuse and trafficking, but raised concerns over the legality of new judicial directives issued to combat the epidemic. On December 1, 2025, the Honourable Chief Justice announced a sweeping Practice Direction aimed...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Sierra Leone – December 1, 2025: The High Court of Sierra Leone has sentenced three women to lengthy prison terms after they pleaded guilty to charges of illegal drug possession, in violation of Section 8(a) of the National Drugs Control Act of 2008. Honourable Justice Josephine F. Hinga delivered the ruling...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Freetown City Council (FCC) has engaged 60 market women, including Chairladies from Kennedy Street, Portee, and Low Cost markets, in a community outreach session aimed at strengthening waste management practices and promoting the Council’s new sanitation byelaws. The half‑day engagement, supported by The Carter...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh December 2, 2025: A civil servant, Claudia Sam, on Tuesday testified before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown in an ongoing theft case involving three defendants. Led in evidence by Detective Police Constable Thoronka K.K., the witness identified all defendants as individuals she knew from her...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has confirmed receipt of NLe 120,000 from the leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC), following a fine imposed on the party for breaching provisions of the Political Parties Act (No. 25) of 2022. According to the Commission, the...Read More
An ambitious November campaign to protect a million girls with the HPV vaccine could mark a historic inflection point in Sierra Leone’s journey to elimination of the all-too-common cancer. By Saidu Bah Sierra Leone health workers hold HPV vaccine posters in Freetown ahead of the vaccination of in-school and out-of-school girls between the ages of...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Gendema Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, Sunday, November 30, 2025 – President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the Gendema/Wandor Bridge, a transformational piece of infrastructure that now links the North and South-Eastern Regions of Sierra Leone. Before the bridge, residents, especially women and children, relied on a small hand-operated ferry to...Read More
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38 million to 11 million in 2024 – with improvements driven by vaccination coverage. Deaths have declined even...Read More
By Agnes Aineah Makeni, 25 November, 2025 / 9:02 pm (ACI Africa). The Bishop of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Makeni has exhorted Sierra Leoneans to jealously guard the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the West African country, known as one of the places in West Africa where Christians and Muslims peacefully live together. In his homily...Read More
