By Sallieu S. Kanu Uganda has confirmed the opening of a consular office in Freetown. This was revealed by Uganda’s High Commissioner to Nigeria and all other ECOWAS member states, Ambassador Ocheger Nelson on Tuesday while formally introducing the new Ugandan Honorary Consul to Sierra Leone’s Ag Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Francess...Read More

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has made a noteworthy appointment by selecting Sahr Abraham GRASS-SESSAY to serve as their Regional Technical Expert on Climate-Energy for ECOWAS Member States supported by AECID. This appointment underscores the region’s commitment to addressing the energy deficit and climate emergency challenges by deploying the expertise of an...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh An 18-year-old girl has explained before Justice Adrian Fisher how she narrowly escaped death from the hands of an alleged ritualist Lansan Kallie. Led in evidence by state Counsel S. Kekura, the victim who was still in pain, told the court on the September 25, 2023, that she recognised the accused and...Read More

Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG) is setting a new standard for the mining sector in the country. With their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects, LRMG is positively impacting various sectors within Sierra Leone. From 2022 to 2023, LRMG has invested a staggering Le 6.92 billion in CSR projects, covering areas such as education,...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu   The United States through the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) has announced a US$450,000 grant awarded to implementing partner World Monuments Fund (WMF) for the continued stabilization of Old Fourah Bay College in Freetown. This grant will support the completion  of emergency stabilization on the historic building, installation...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Mohamed Arafat Sahara Munda, a customer service officer at Rokel Commercial Bank, Bo branch, and two others were on Thursday, September 28, 2023 granted bail in the sum of NLe500,000 (five hundred thousand new Leones) by  Magistrate Mark Ngegba of court No1. The three are standing trial over the alleged theft of...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu A team of consultants from the COWI A/S consulting, a leading engineering firm in complex infrastructure designs with particular expertise in bridges, tunnels and marine structures, together with the Country Manager of the African Development Bank, engaged the Minister of Finance in a courtesy visit on their mission in Sierra Leone...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu The Chief Minister on Tuesday meet with the presidential candidate of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party Dr Samura Kamara   at an event hosted by the United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone at his residence in Freetown. Dr David Moinina Sengeh said on his Facebook account that “I spent a...Read More