By Fatima Kpaka Freetown — Sierra Leone’s Parliament is sharply divided over a proposed $155 million road construction agreement, with lawmakers across party lines calling for major revisions to ensure the project delivers equitable benefits to the state and its citizens. The agreement, tabled by the Ministry of Works and Public Assets, outlines the construction of a 34-kilometer highway and bridge, including four toll gates. While MPs broadly support the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown — Four men have been remanded in custody by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 over allegations of conspiracy to commit fraud. The accused, Alhaji Sesay, Vidal Mansaray, Francis Sesay, and Sheku Goba, appeared in court on Tuesday, charged with conspiring to commit a felony with intent to defraud. According to the charge sheet, the alleged offense occurred on April 15, 2025,...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown — In a bold move to boost domestic revenue collection, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, led a high-level delegation on Monday, August 11, 2025, to conduct unannounced inspections of beverage and water production facilities across the Western Area. The exercise aimed to assess compliance with the Digital Excise Tax Stamp system introduced in 2024. The delegation included deputy ministers, board members,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown — A British national, Salim Alieu Bangura, was arraigned before Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, after being found in possession of 34 compressed parcels of suspected Cannabis Sativa at Freetown International Airport, Lungi. Bangura was intercepted while attempting to board an Air Marco flight. The parcels were discovered in his final pieces of luggage during routine...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka New York, August 10, 2025 — At the closing ceremony of Sierra Leone’s dynamic side event at the annual AFS Youth Assembly, Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah and Daniel Obst, President and CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs, signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that cements a strategic partnership two years in the making. AFS Intercultural Programs — a century-old global non-profit present in...Read More
