Washington, D.C. – December 3, 2025: Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest gap in at least five decades, according to the World Bank’s latest International Debt Report. Despite this record outflow, many countries gained temporary relief in 2024 as interest rates peaked and bond markets reopened. This allowed several nations to...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – December 2025: The Western Area Rural District Council (WARDC), led by Chairman Kasho Holland-Cole, has expressed concern over a court injunction that has halted its management of the No. 2 River Beach, one of Sierra Leone’s most popular tourism sites. The injunction, issued by Justice Augustine K. Musa, restrains WARDC from exercising authority over the beach. Chairman Holland-Cole argues that the site has...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: Hon. Dickson Momoh Rogers, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Aviation, has presented a comprehensive report to Parliament following a high‑level stakeholders engagement held earlier this year at the Atlantic Hotel, Lumley Beach Road. The forum, convened on June 4, 2025, brought together senior government officials, parliamentary leadership, regulatory agencies, private‑sector operators, civil‑society organisations, development partners and other key...Read More
By Our Investigations Desk In a developing saga that has already gripped national attention, new legal dimensions have emerged surrounding the prolonged and unexplained withholding of a construction permit belonging to a Sierra Leonean citizen who has complied meticulously with all statutory requirements. This newspaper has covered earlier phases of this controversy, but today’s analysis drills deeper into the legal framework, the administrative principles at stake, and the potential violations...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Lawyers’ Society of Sierra Leone has welcomed the government’s intensified campaign against drug abuse and trafficking, but raised concerns over the legality of new judicial directives issued to combat the epidemic. On December 1, 2025, the Honourable Chief Justice announced a sweeping Practice Direction aimed at tightening the handling of drug-related cases. The directive includes provisions such as: Denial of...Read More
