By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara Sierra Leonean Member of Parliament Mariama Munia Zombo has been named the recipient of the Legislative Leadership and Girl Child Protection Advocacy Award at the 2026 African Matriarch Impact Awards (AMIA) in recognition of her role in advancing legislation to end child marriage and protect

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara Sierra Rutile management has engaged the Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Umaru Napoleon Koroma, on redundancy payments, local employment opportunities and compliance with labour laws, amid concerns over workforce management at the company’s operations in Sierra Leone. The discussions took place during a

By Dadson A. Musa   The war between America/ Israel versus Iran has had consequences on lives across the globe and almost every citizen in the world is paying high price for it. It has exposed that our reliance on oil needs to be reviewed. There exists other means of

By Josephine Sesay The Ministry of Information and Civic Education has taken its civic education campaign to Kabala, Koinadugu District, with the launch of the Kabala Civic Day Series aimed at promoting public awareness, citizen participation and national responsibility ahead of the 2026 National Population and Housing Census. The programme,

By Josephine Sesay Sierra Leone and Russia have signed a new education cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening academic collaboration, promoting knowledge exchange and expanding opportunities for students, lecturers and researchers in both countries. The agreement was signed on October 28, 2026, by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Technical and Higher Education

By Josephine Sesay Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has intervened in a dispute surrounding the proposed demolition of a mosque at Koidu Government Hospital, engaging hospital management and representatives of the Muslim Jamat in Koidu to facilitate an amicable resolution. The engagement focused on addressing concerns raised by the

By Josephine Sesay More than 5,000 people have died from an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with confirmed infections exceeding 10,300, raising concerns over the spread of the deadly disease across parts of Africa. The outbreak, which began in May 2026, has become the deadliest