By Fatima Kpaka FREETOWN, March 16, 2026 – A military officer and three other men have been remanded at the Male Correctional Facility in Freetown over allegations of conspiring to steal a low-bed trailer valued at $105,000, property of the Freetown City Council (FCC). The accused – Mohamed Allieu Jalloh, an IT technician; Alie Kamara and Musa Turay, both businessmen; and Sorie Sesay, a military officer – made their second...Read More
By Nelson Adebayo Johnson Freetown – Robert Kondema Kargbo, Deputy National Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has fulfilled his pledge to support Masjid Hameed at Low-Cost Bridge, Kissy, with a donation of 50 bags of 25kg rice. The gesture is aimed at assisting worshippers during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Kargbo, who spent part of his early years in the Kissy community, described the donation as both...Read More
By Mackie M. Jalloh Freetown Terminal Limited (FTL) has marked its 15th anniversary, with Chief Operations Officer Abubakarr Sesay reflecting on the company’s remarkable transformation from modest beginnings to one of Sierra Leone’s most vital maritime facilities. Speaking at the celebration on March 13, 2026, Sesay described the journey as a story of sacrifice, resilience, and determination. He recalled how it all began in March 2011 when a delegation from...Read More
March 16, 2026: Former Finance Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa has sounded the alarm over Sierra Leone’s fragile economy, warning that global tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel are already driving up fuel prices and threatening to push the nation deeper into financial distress. Appearing on the Truth Media Morning Devotion Show on Monday, Saffa called for urgent government action, including a temporary travel ban on non-essential official trips—even...Read More
…Lessons from Three Editions of the Pan-African Symposium on Agriculture (PASA) This article is co-authored by Aminata Kane Baldé, Founder and Executive Chair of Craving 4 Development (C4D), a Pan-African organization working on entrepreneurship ecosystem development, value-chain innovation, and market systems across West Africa; and Tolulope Aina, Project Lead at AgroLearn, whose work focuses on strengthening agricultural learning systems and building knowledge bridges across African agri-economies. Together, their collaboration...Read More
