By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone — August 4, 2025: A tragic accident in Wellington, Maxwell, along Bai Bureh Road has prompted renewed calls for road safety reform in Sierra Leone. A trailer carrying a container reportedly lost control while speeding, causing the container to fall and crush several pedestrians waiting for public transportation. The incident has left multiple families grieving and the nation in shock. Al-Hassan Ghessay Kanu,...Read More
Story by Ndubuisi Christian Ani Sierra Leonean migrants seeking better lives abroad are increasingly caught in a web of forced labour under the guise of work programmes in the Middle East. Two-thirds of the country’s young people, who make up 74.5% of the population, have no meaningful employment, making them an easy target for fake recruitment agents and trafficking networks. Migrants are required to pay the agents between $600 and $1,000 for...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — August 5, 2025: Joseph Sesay appeared before Magistrate Sao Mamakoh Kallon at Pademba Road Court No. 3 on Tuesday, facing two counts of cyberstalking under Section 44(1)(a) of the Cyber Security and Crime Act, 2021. The charges stem from an alleged cyberbullying incident involving threatening audio messages sent via WhatsApp. According to the charge sheet, on Saturday, December 3, 2023, in Freetown, the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone: The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has released preliminary findings from its ongoing human rights monitoring program across eight police stations in Freetown, revealing troubling conditions and systemic issues affecting detainees. Between July 30 and August 4, CHRDI monitors interviewed over 600 suspects—predominantly male—with a consistent pattern of rights violations, including over-detention, lack of medical care, poor sanitation, and inadequate...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone — August 5, 2025: The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, has emphasized the importance of conducting a fair, inclusive, and credible national census in December 2026. Speaking during a high-level engagement with senior media practitioners at the Ministry’s conference hall on Tuesday, Bah underscored that “everyone must be counted” and warned against both undercounting and overcounting. “Census Is Not...Read More
