By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone —October 27, 2025: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formally indicted Saidu Ibrahim Sahr Kanneh, a teacher at Sierra International Secondary School in Kenema, on eight counts of corruption-related offences, including academic malpractice and accepting bribes. According to a press release issued by the ACC, Kanneh faces three counts of academic malpractice, three counts of conspiracy to commit a corruption offence, and two counts of accepting...Read More

By John Baimba Sesay  Growing up, seeing a corpse was something sacred. When someone died in the community, everything stopped as it was a solemn moment. Children were kept away; even catching a glimpse of the body was unthinkable. Today, in my country, that sense of sanctity is gone. Death has been normalised due to several factors, but primarily and suspiciously drug use. Corpses lying on our streets have become...Read More

Author: Jennifer Onyeagoro Through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the three organizations will work together to bring technology, efficiency, and better services to citizens and businesses across the country. The Ministry of Communications, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI), Sierra Leone Postal Services Limited (SALPOST), and GIG Logistics and Technologies Limited (GIGL) have taken a major step toward modernizing postal and logistics services in Sierra Leone. Through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the three organizations...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone – October 24, 2025:  Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, alongside a visiting delegation from the Mayors’ Migration Council (MMC), toured Congo Market on Thursday to announce a series of transformative infrastructure projects aimed at improving sanitation, sustainability, and economic opportunity for market traders—many of whom are rural-urban migrants. The visit follows the MMC’s approval of a $200,000 (Le4.67 million) grant to Freetown City...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone:  In a powerful appeal aired on SLBC’s Morning Coffee show on Friday, October 24, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE called for a multifaceted and coordinated national response to the escalating “kush” crisis ravaging Sierra Leone’s youth. Her remarks come amid growing public concern over the synthetic drug’s devastating impact on communities across the capital.  Mayor’s Call to Action Mayor Aki-Sawyerr emphasized that dismantling the supply...Read More