By Sallieu S. Kanu State House, Freetown – Monday, 13 October 2025: Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has welcomed the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), His Excellency Wamkele Mene, to Sierra Leone for the official launch of the country’s AfCFTA Readiness Assessment Report and the Updated National Trade Strategy...Read More
By George M.O. Wiliams The Sierra Leone Immigration Department (SLID) has initiated a formal investigation following international media reports alleging that a Turkish national, recently arrested for criminal and drug-related activities, was found in possession of a Sierra Leone diplomatic passport. Reports from Dutch, German, and Sierra Leonean outlets have raised serious concerns about how...Read More
By Mohamed Lamin Turay MORIBA TOWN, IMPERIE CHIEFDOM — The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Chairman, Jimmy Batilo Songa, has officially commissioned a modern health facility in Moriba Town, bringing critical healthcare services to the heart of the Rutile community. The commissioning ceremony was marked by jubilant celebrations, with drums and singing echoing through the...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone — Social Welfare Minister Melrose Kaminty is under intense scrutiny following allegations that she defied a court injunction concerning a long-standing land dispute in the Kuntorlor community, Wellington. The injunction, issued by Justice Hannah Bonnie of the High Court of Sierra Leone on February 4, 2025, prohibits any development...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka FREETOWN — The Court of Appeal has sentenced 40-year-old businessman Nuru Deen Bangapoma Bangura to nine years in prison for Migrant Smuggling, in violation of Section 20(1) of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2022 (Act No. 12 of 2022). Delivering judgment on Monday, Honourable Justice Tonia Barnett JA found Bangura...Read More
Alexander Onukwue Sub-Saharan Africa is the global epicenter of self-reported feelings of anger, worry, sadness, and physical pain, a new Gallup survey showed. The region accounted for nine of the top 11 countries in the world with the largest share of adults reporting feeling worried: The top two were Sierra Leone and Guinea, where at...Read More
Jendema, Pujehun District – October 10, 2025: In a decisive move to curb the rising tide of illicit drug trafficking and cross-border crimes, Sierra Leone’s Security Sector leadership convened a high-level stakeholder meeting in Jendema Town, Sorogbema Chiefdom, near the Sierra Leone–Liberia border. The meeting, chaired by National Security Coordinator (NSCoord) Abdulai Caulker of the...Read More
By Contributing Writer Monrovia – Over the weekend, the Governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Food Programme (WFP), and other partners, concluded the second phase of the Joint Project Steering Committee Meeting of the GOLA Resilience, Empowerment, Access, and Peacebuilding (GOLA-REAP) Project. The meeting, held in Monrovia, sought...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura FREETOWN — On Saturday, November 1, 2025, the Empower Sierra Leone Foundation will present Mi Mama, a compelling theatre production that celebrates the strength, resilience, and love of Sierra Leonean mothers. The performance, written and directed by Sheku Limitless, will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the Methodist Girls’ High School...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts (BAMPA), Sierra Leone’s premier institution for music and cultural education, will commemorate its 30th Anniversary on Saturday, October 25, 2025, with a grand Thanksgiving Service at the Buxton Memorial Methodist Church on Charles Street, Freetown. The event will honor three decades of nurturing...Read More
