The population of Sierra Leone is estimated at 7,541,641, constituting  3,716,263 male and 3,825,378 female, according to the provisional data of the  2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population Census conducted by Statistic Sierra Leone. The provisional figures show that there are 109,121 more women in the country than men with a ratio of 0.97. The Statistician...Read More

The Guma Valley Water Company and its partners on Friday, May 27, 2022 successfully completed the replacements of the leaking Scour and Gate Valves at the Guma Dam Tunnel at Mile 13. The replacement of the valves which were installed in the mid-1960s, is one of the Works packages under the Freetown Water Supply Rehabilitation...Read More

Sierra Leone’s former President, Ernest Bai Koroma, has on Saturday endorsed his nation’s bid for a seat in the Non-Permanent Category of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). This very important endorsement follows a courtesy call by the country’s vice President, Honourable Dr Juldeh Jalloh, on the immediate past president at his residence in Makeni,...Read More

A personnel of the Joint Presidential Guard Force, Staff Sergeant Barrie a was stabbed to death  at Davies Drive, Hill Station in Freetown on May 17, 2022, and his killer is helping the police  with the investigation, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Monday. The statement came following rumour on social media...Read More

Xejet  Limited  and  the  Government  of  Sierra  Leone  have signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding ,MoU, to  operate  Regional  and  International  Flights  from  Lungi  International  Airport,  Freetown. According to Mr. Emmanuel Iza who signed on behalf of Xejet, “the  Government of Sierra Leone and Xejet  have been in discussions and have now agreed that the company may...Read More

According to a just released International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey Report 2021 Sierra Leone has improved slightly on public access to budget information. The report was launched on Tuesday 31st May by the Budget Advocacy Network at the CCSL Hall, Kingharman Road in Freetown. Giving a synopsis of the report, the National Coordinator, Budget...Read More

Ibrahim Kamara, the friend of one Joseph C. Metzger, who was allegedly murdered at Armani Night Club, has on Tuesday 24th May, 2022 made another appearance before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.2 where the case is being investigated. Christopher Lavallie, is  accused of  the offence which happened on Tuesday 22nd March 2022...Read More