Sierra Leone has officially acceded to the UN Water Convention (United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes) in a high-level ceremony at the UN General Assembly in New York. This milestone reinforces the country’s commitment to sustainable water governance and cooperation with its neighbors. Sierra Leone now joins seven other West African nations—including Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo—that...Read More

Freetown, September 25, 2025 – The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), have concluded a two-day inaugural meeting of the death reporting sub-committee, bringing together health professionals, civil registration experts, academia, and partners. This marks the first step in a series of activities aimed at strengthening the mortality reporting through institutionalizing the Medical Certification of Cause of...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone – September 26, 2025: After more than two decades of transformative humanitarian and development work, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has officially closed its country programme in Sierra Leone. The organization began operations in 1999 during the height of the civil war and has since played a pivotal role in supporting the nation through crises including displacement, Ebola, cholera, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Over...Read More

By: Zach Lowy When Michael Lahoud was born in Freetown on September 15, 1986, Sierra Leone was rapidly devolving into a failed state. Decades of political corruption, electoral violence, and growing economic inequality had taken their toll on the country. When the government could no longer afford to pay schoolteachers, the public education system collapsed. Apart from a select few families like Lahoud’s, who could afford private tutors, the vast...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone: A heated land dispute has erupted in the Kuntorloh community as the Lifeline Nehemiah Project raises alarm over what it describes as attempts to seize its property at the Approved School site. The organization warns that the move threatens the education and well-being of over 900 children from more than 30 schools that rely on the field for sports and extracurricular activities. Executive Director...Read More