By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, January 13, 2025: – The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has launched a three-day capacity-building workshop in peacekeeping for thirty female officers at the Police Wives Vocational Training Hall, Kingtom Barracks. The training, which began on Tuesday, brought together past, present, and prospective female peacekeeping officers. It provided a platform for experience sharing, mentoring, and strategic engagement aimed at strengthening female leadership, participation, and performance in international...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Freetown, January 8, 2026 – The Sierra Leone Association of Business Owners in Tourism and Hospitality (SLABOTH) has been officially launched to provide a structured framework and unified voice for operators within the country’s tourism and hospitality sector. The launching ceremony, held at Hotel Barmoi in Freetown, attracted senior government officials, international development partners, and other distinguished guests, reflecting the growing national and international interest in...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, January 13, 2026: The Sierra Leone Broadcasters’ Association (SiLBA) has expressed deep sorrow over the destruction by fire of two of its partner community radio stations, Radio Bankhi-Solofaray FM 93.7 and Voice of Youth FM 107.1, both gutted on January 9 in separate incidents in the North-West Region. According to Abubakarr Conteh, Station Manager of Radio Bankhi-Solofaray, the blaze that consumed the entire building in...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka State House, Freetown – Monday, 12 January 2026: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received the outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Orange Sierra Leone, Mr Sekou Amadou Bah, at State House, where he paid a farewell courtesy call after completing his four-year tenure in the country. During the meeting, Mr Bah formally introduced the new Chief Executive Officer, Madam Aicha Toure, assuring the President that Orange Sierra...Read More
By George M. O. Williams Freetown, January 2026: The Sierra Leone Police (SLP), through its Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU), has disclosed that only three convictions were secured out of 25 human trafficking and migrant smuggling cases charged to court in 2025. Deputy Head of TOCU, Detective Deputy Superintendent of Police Abass Bangura Esq., made the revelation during the weekly police press briefing at police headquarters in Kingtom, Freetown. He...Read More
