The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney MBE has expressed interest in Tourism Ministry’s youth development and women empowerment programmes. She made this disclosure during a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt at the Ministry’s headquarters in Freetown. The British High Commissioner, who have been to many parts of the country thus far, stated that Sierra Leone was a beautiful country...Read More

Sierra Organic Palm(SOP) has recently made the second payment of land lease to landowners in Kasseh, Bureh and Macontehchiefdoms of Port Loko District. The payment which amounted to over Le300 million is part of agreement sign by the investor and landowners for the operation of the company. Sierra Organic Palm  has taken over from the Sierra Leone Agriculture the oil palm plantation in Kasseh, Bureh and Maconteh chiefdoms.  Fatu Sesay...Read More

Prof. Osman Sankoh COR, aka Mallam O., Sierra Leone’s Statistician General and CEO of Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has been unanimously elected Vice-Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The United Nations Statistical Commission, established in 1947, is the highest body of the global statistical system bringing together the Chief Statisticians from member states from around the world.  It is the highest decision making body for international statistical...Read More

Freetown Int. Conference Centre, Bintumani Hotel, Monday 28 February 2022 – President Dr Julius Maada Bio has publicly renewed his commitment to working with stakeholders and development partners to address trafficking in persons, a form of modern-day slavery that constitutes a crime against the individual and the state. In his keynote statement to the opening of the national conference on trafficking in persons, the President said within the policy and...Read More

The issue of overcrowding in our detention facilities – cells and correctional centers – is not new. The country’s post-war history is replete with this malaise. It is the biggest challenge the Legal Aid Board has had to grapple with since its inception in May 2015. It comes as no surprise the priority of the Board at inception was to reduce the chronic overcrowding at the Pademba Road Correctional Center...Read More