Land dispute between Community People and a Chinese mining company in Dalakuru Village in Diang Chiefdom, Koinadugu District in the northern province of Sierra Leone, has left many injured and displaced after makeshift structures housing locals were allegedly destroyed by security personnel sent to the town to evict locals from their land on Tuesday June...Read More

Gibrilla Turay, aka Prezo Gibo, the president of the Compact Disc Sellers Association (CDSA) in Freetown, has said on Wednesday July 1, 2020, that the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country has caused a fall in the sale of music and movie records. Turay said that the Coronavirus reventive restrictions like the closure of...Read More

The AIG East Mr. Thomas Lahai has on June 27, 2020, met with representatives of the Children Forum Network Sierra Leone (CFN) and Kenema Women in Governance Network (KWIGN) at his Regional Command Office in Kenema where he condemned sexual and Gender Based Violence. His condemnation came amidst protests by women and other rights groups...Read More

Sierra Leone was later than most to experience its first cases of COVID-19. Though the virus itself did not arrive in the country until 31 March 2020, rumours and fears spread among communities well before the country’s first confirmed case. As happened during the Ebola outbreak from 2014-2016, this pandemic has led to rumours and...Read More