By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone – 28 August 2025: In a groundbreaking development for Sierra Leone’s education and civic leadership landscape, Minister of Information and Civic Education, Hon. Chernor Bah, has signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Columbia University, a leading Ivy League institution in the United States. The partnership, unveiled by Columbia University on 27 August 2025, aims to position Sierra Leone as a regional...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  Sierra Leone – August 28, 2025: A 12-member delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded a fact-finding mission in Sierra Leone aimed at resolving the long-standing border dispute over the village of Yenga, located in the Kissi Teng Chiefdom, Kailahun District. On Tuesday, August 26, the delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Minister of Defence, Colonel Muana Brima Massaquoi (Retired),...Read More

By Zacharia Jalloh, Ministry of Information and Civic Education Tuesday, August 26, 2025: In a landmark move to reshape Sierra Leone’s mining sector, the Ministry of Information and Civic Education hosted its weekly press conference on Tuesday, unveiling sweeping reforms aimed at ensuring the country’s mineral wealth directly benefits its people. Senior government officials announced the establishment of the Sierra Leone Mines and Mineral Development and Management Corporation (SLMMDC) and...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, August 26, 2025 — A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has briefed Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED) on its recent fact-finding mission to Yenga, reaffirming regional efforts to peacefully resolve the long-standing border dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea. Led by Dr. Odigie Brown, Program Officer for Mediation at the ECOWAS Commission, the delegation included...Read More

Pa Baimba Sesay In recent times, the idea of “power sharing” has resurfaced in Sierra Leone’s political discourse, promoted as a way to resolve disputes, prevent conflict, or maintain peace. But why now? And more importantly, why would a government on the brink of reelection be the one championing such a proposal? Is this a sign of things coming? Who knows. What we do know is that the people’s power...Read More