By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Sierra Leone – December 1, 2025: The High Court of Sierra Leone has sentenced three women to lengthy prison terms after they pleaded guilty to charges of illegal drug possession, in violation of Section 8(a) of the National Drugs Control Act of 2008. Honourable Justice Josephine F. Hinga delivered the ruling at the Main Law Courts Building in Freetown, sentencing Adama Kamara and Yeanoh Kargbo to...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Freetown City Council (FCC) has engaged 60 market women, including Chairladies from Kennedy Street, Portee, and Low Cost markets, in a community outreach session aimed at strengthening waste management practices and promoting the Council’s new sanitation byelaws. The half‑day engagement, supported by The Carter Center through the Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign and implemented by Innovation for Community Resilience...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh December 2, 2025: A civil servant, Claudia Sam, on Tuesday testified before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown in an ongoing theft case involving three defendants. Led in evidence by Detective Police Constable Thoronka K.K., the witness identified all defendants as individuals she knew from her community. She recalled that on September 20, 2025, while at her building site, she discovered...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – December 2, 2025: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has confirmed receipt of NLe 120,000 from the leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC), following a fine imposed on the party for breaching provisions of the Political Parties Act (No. 25) of 2022. According to the Commission, the fine was levied on November 17, 2025, after APC member Hon. Lahai Marrah, Falaba District...Read More
An ambitious November campaign to protect a million girls with the HPV vaccine could mark a historic inflection point in Sierra Leone’s journey to elimination of the all-too-common cancer. By Saidu Bah Sierra Leone health workers hold HPV vaccine posters in Freetown ahead of the vaccination of in-school and out-of-school girls between the ages of 11 and 18. Credit: Saidu Bah Sierra Leone has launched a week-long HPV vaccination campaign...Read More
