By Alimatu Jalloh Gendema Town, Eastern Sierra Leone, Sunday, November 30, 2025 – President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the Gendema/Wandor Bridge, a transformational piece of infrastructure that now links the North and South-Eastern Regions of Sierra Leone. Before the bridge, residents, especially women and children, relied on a small hand-operated ferry to cross the river, resulting in frequent accidents and tragic loss of lives. Many died while...Read More
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38 million to 11 million in 2024 – with improvements driven by vaccination coverage. Deaths have declined even more dramatically, by 88%, from 777,000 in 2000 to 95,000 in 2024 — the lowest...Read More
By Agnes Aineah Makeni, 25 November, 2025 / 9:02 pm (ACI Africa). The Bishop of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Makeni has exhorted Sierra Leoneans to jealously guard the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the West African country, known as one of the places in West Africa where Christians and Muslims peacefully live together. In his homily on Sierra Leone’s national Jubilee pilgrimage that brought together people from all faiths in the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone — November 30, 2025: Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has announced a major step forward in the city’s clean energy and sustainability agenda. With support from Irish Aid, a new machine that will automate the production of eco-friendly briquettes has been purchased and is expected to arrive in Freetown by the end of December. Speaking at the AIB Sustainability Conference, the Mayor highlighted how a multi-stakeholder...Read More
Sierra Leone – December 1, 2025: FG Gold Limited has reached financial close on a landmark US$330 million senior debt facility with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), paving the way for the construction of Sierra Leone’s flagship large-scale commercial gold mine at Baomahun. The announcement represents one of the largest project financing deals in Sierra Leone’s mining history. The transaction was further reinforced by...Read More
