By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone – October 22, 2025: The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs has announced the launch of the One Nation Reggae Festival, a six-day celebration of music, heritage, and unity, scheduled to take place from October 25 to 30, 2025. The announcement was made by Minister Nabeela Farida Tunis during...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – October 2025: In a compelling demonstration of justice and compassion, the Legal Aid Board of Sierra Leone has successfully secured the release and repatriation of Venicious, a sailor from Burkina Faso, who was wrongfully incarcerated for over a year. Venicious’s ordeal began in September 2024 when he disembarked...Read More
Sierra Leone – October 22, 2025: Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP), a prominent community development organisation in Sierra Leone, has issued a press release condemning a violent police operation at its compound in Kuntorloh, east of Freetown, and calling for urgent intervention. According to the release issued on Monday, October 20, armed officers stormed the LNP...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Sierra Leone – October 15, 2025: Africa Global Logistics (AGL), in partnership with Freetown Terminal Limited (FTL), has awarded scholarships totaling NLe390,160 to 59 students from the Seaside and Moa Wharf communities in Freetown, reaffirming its commitment to education and community development through corporate social responsibility (CSR). The scholarship ceremony, held on...Read More
Former Royal Irish Regiment soldier Ian Getty has returned to Sierra Leone, visiting the site where he was held hostage and rescued 25 years ago during the civil war. Getty was taken hostage by the West Side Boys militia in 2000 and freed in the high-risk Operation Barras. A quarter of a century later, Getty...Read More
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
