The All-People Congress Party (APC) National Women’s Congress has in a press statement put out on Monday February 7, 2022, condemned what they described as a spate of ‘harassment and intimidation’ of the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerrby not only the House of Parliament but also the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone. It was...Read More

The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Water Company, Ing. George Lamin Vandi together with the Project Management team has concluded a critical supervision visit to Kambia, Magburaka and Kabala water supply project sites under the Six Towns Water Supply Project. This is to ensure that the Six Towns Water Supply Project is completed in...Read More

The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has commenced the year 2022 with fortitudeto roll out activities lined up for the days, weeks, and months ahead. According to SLCA Media and Communications Department,the year 2022 has been described by motivated cricket authorities as a year of wins, year of unity that defines the trajectory to grace,...Read More

Sierra Leone’s President  Dr Julius Maada Bio, as Chairperson of the African Union Committee of Ten (C-10) on the reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), on February 6, 2022 presented the 22nd report to the plenary, making a stronger case to reform UNSC.   He said although they had made progress, by embarking on...Read More

Each day at sunrise about half a dozen growling dump trucks roll onto the golden sands of this long and narrow beach.Scores of muscular young men with shovels emerge from the nearby village to begin their work, furiously hurling sand into the trucks. It takes the laborers — known as sand miners — about half...Read More

It is no secret that the road from Magburaka to the iron ore mining site of Ferengbeya in the northern district of Tonkolili District, has been in broken-down condition. This has seen communities in that part of the country struggle to access many life-saving amenities like quality health care, education, food and safe drinking water....Read More

Farmers in Bramaia Chiefdom in the northern district of Kambia have appealed for farming tools, agriculture literacy, seedlings,fertilizer to enhance   farming in the chiefdom. Abu Bakar Conteh, the chairman of Bramaia Farmers Association and the Bramaia Agricultural Committee,said they are recording  low yield every year as a result of lack of farming education, lack of...Read More

One of the leading and trusted insurance companies in the country, the Aureol Insurance Company (AIC) Ltd has on Sunday, February 6, 2022 held a Corporate Thanksgiving Service, as part of the company’s 35th anniversary celebration, at the Church of Holy Trinity, Kissy Road in Freetown. The thanksgiving was themed: “Soaring on Eagles wings, [Isaiah...Read More

Street begging is a social problem Sierra Leone is grabbling with,as beggars could be seen in every corner of the city. There are more than 2000 street beggars in Freetown, according to a pilot survey conducted by the Ministry of Social Welfare. The Director of Social Welfare at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Francis Kabia...Read More

The Sierra Leone Football Association has on Friday February 4, 2022,at the federation’s secretariat officially unveiled nine Sierra Leonean referees (3 women and 6 men) who, based on their hard work and high level of professionalism, have been successfully selected in the 2022 List of FIFA International Referees. The referees include – Alhaji Musa Kabia,...Read More