Zuri Sky revives direct UK-Sierra Leone flights after a decade, cutting travel time to six hours and boosting tourism, business, and diaspora connections. After more than ten years without direct air connectivity, a new chapter in UK-Sierra Leone travel is about to begin. UK-based airline Zuri Sky Ltd has officially announced its ambitious plan to restore direct flights between London Gatwick and Freetown’s Lungi International Airport, offering a long-awaited alternative...Read More
By Dr. Sorie Gassama The relationship between the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the Mandingoes of Biriwa Chiefdom, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone has been a long and tumultuous one. The Mandingoes of Biriwa have indeed faced a long history of persecution and marginalization, particularly at the hands of the All People’s Congress (APC). Despite this, they have remained loyal to the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). However,...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Freetown, February 21, 2025 – The Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, will be representing Sierra Leone at the II International Sports Fair in Havana, Cuba, from February 23 to 27, 2025. This invitation was extended by the President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER) of Cuba, aiming to strengthen international cooperation and foster sports development. The International Sports Fair in...Read More
The lab will accelerate diagnoses and improve patient care at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital PIH Sierra Leone Lab Technician James Koroma (left), Lab Technician Elizabeth Gbondo (center), and Volunteer Sahr Solomon Foryoh (right) in the recently opened microbiology lab at Koidu Government Hospital on February 6, 2025. Photo by Chiara Herold / PIH In rural Sierra Leone, Partners In Health (PIH)—in collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Health—recently opened a...Read More
From religious groups to a lack of adequate sensitization, the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare bill faces a range of challenges that could further endanger the people who need it the most. An advertisement by the Government to promote antenatal check up on March 7, 2014 in Bo district, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has a high child mortality rate and in addition to this one of the highest maternal mortality...Read More
