By Mahmoud Kamara The Managing Director of Sierra Leone’s National Shipping Company, Mark Mustaph Lissa, has reaffirmed Sierra Leone’s commitment to advancing regional connectivity through maritime trade and logistics, with Egypt, following a high-level series of bilateral meetings and infrastructure tours in Cairo and Alexandria. Lissa, who was part of

    By Amadu Daramy in Maryland, USA Stakeholders in Panguma, Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District recently ended a successful redistrict meeting that was attended by the Paramount Chief Alimamy Farma, Lower Level Chiefs, Students, Women’s and Youth groups, Commercial Motorbike Riders among other stakeholders. Among the dignitaries who attended

  As part of its commitment to producing accurate and reliable statistics, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has concluded a mid-term review process for the ongoing 2025 Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS ’25). The mid-term review is a critical assessment conducted halfway through the SLIHS’25 data collection phase. Its

    The Vice Chancellor and Principal of Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), Professor Philip John Kanu, held a high-level meeting with senior officials at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, as part of efforts to strengthen international collaboration and research-driven solutions to national challenges. During his visit

  The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) through its Armed Forces Endowment and Loan Scheme (AFELS) has paid the total amount of Le 116, 573 to a total of 36 military personnel, who were convicted last year for their involvements in the bloody coup of 26th November, 2023.

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara As Sierra Leone’s rainy season intensifies, thousands of commuters who rely on ferries between Lungi and Freetown are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating transport conditions marked by delays, breakdowns, overcrowding, and increasingly dangerous alternatives. Many of the ferries in operation are more than 30 years

By Sulaiman Jalloh   Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, on Tuesday presented the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2025 during a plenary sitting of the Sixth Parliament of Sierra Leone, on Tuesday July 29, 2025. Describing the proposal as a “fiscal consolidatory” budget — not an austerity plan

    The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) completed a two-day engagement event, bringing together various stakeholders, including government ministries, agencies, civil society leaders, media professionals, religious figures, and community advocates. The event featured an in-depth training workshop on critical topics such as climate governance, climate justice,

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara In a major breakthrough against drug trafficking and contraband smuggling, officers of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) Customs Post at the Gbalamuya Border Crossing in Kambia District successfully intercepted a large quantity of suspected narcotic drugs and undeclared goods on Monday, July 28, 2025, during