By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara Forty-six auditors from the Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) have completed a six-day intensive training programme supported by the European Union (EU), aimed at strengthening their report-writing skills and improving public-sector accountability. The training, held at the Country Lodge Hotel in Freetown, focused on management

By Dadson A. Musa The Sierra Leone Police (SLP), via the Sierra Leone Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA), has begun a six-week intensive training programme for 70 recruits of the Freetown City Council (FCC) Metropolitan Police on 17 th. August 2026. The initiative aims to strengthen municipal security, law

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara   Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) has recorded its highest-ever local sorghum supply after farmers delivered 1,004 metric tonnes in 2026, exceeding the company’s target of 800 metric tonnes. The record performance has encouraged the company to increase its local sourcing target to between 1,350

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security has launched an investigation into a construction-site incident at the Freetown International Airport that reportedly claimed the lives of two workers and left two others injured. The investigation was initiated on Friday, August 14, 2026, with a

By Henry Oduenyi   Dr. Walton Ekundayo Gilpin (MD/CEO, Rokel Commercial Bank (RCB), Sierra Leone In a significant milestone for Sierra Leone’s financial sector, Dr. Walton Ekundayo Gilpin, the Managing Director and CEO of Rokel Commercial Bank (RCB) , has been named the African Banker of the Year 2026 by The

By Thaimu T Kamara The transition from Information and Communications to Employment, Labour and Social Security, and now Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been described as a continuing journey of public service and trust under President Julius Maada Bio’s administration. The newly appointed Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister

By Thaimu T Kamara The Chief has held high-level discussions with the United Nations Resident Coordinator and members of the diplomatic corps on inclusive governance, sustainable national development and the state of democracy in Sierra Leone. During the engagements, the Chief and his counterparts discussed shared aspirations for sustainable national

By Thaimu T Kamara Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has intensified Government’s efforts to strengthen local governance and decentralization as nationwide regional consultations continued in Bo City, Southern Sierra Leone. The consultation in Bo followed the launch of the exercise in Kenema on Friday and forms part

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema   A Twenty-year-old (20yrs) Karim Famar, school pupil of Panguma Town has been committed to stand trial at the High Court in Kenema by His Worship, Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Magistrate Court No.1 in Kenema for House Breaking and Larceny. A Defendant, Karim Famar was

By Saidu Bangura   President Julius Maada Bio has summoned Members of Parliament back to the Chamber for an emergency sitting this Thursday, 20th August 2026. The notice, issued under Section 86(1) of the 1991 Constitution, gives the President the power to call Parliament back at any time. Officially, the