Top of Form By Stephen V. Lansana  Kumba Manchendeh, and Sahr Mbayo (not their real names) are all transported to mining communities by their foster parents. They took them to the communities with the hope of giving them a better life, but later both minors ended working at the mining sites as laborers. Kumba is...Read More

Sierra Leone Aquatics has once again become the first National Sports Federation to present qualified athletes to register participation at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games scheduled for July 26 through August 11 in Paris, France. Household name Joshua JJ Wyse, OLY, and beamer Olamiday Elizabeth Sam will be competing at the Games. Joshua, undergoing high...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Leone Rock Metal Group has taken a significant step in supporting agricultural development by donating sponsorships to three agricultural organizations (Future Farm SL Limited, Sierra Crop Care and Kamatham Agric Company) in Bombali, Tonkolili and Bo districts, respectively. The sponsorships, valued at Nle215, 000 was awarded to Future Farm (Nle50, 000), Kamatham...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu The government of Sierra Leone will overhaul the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA ) to minimizes losses  and  position it to finance itself from revenue it is generating without relying on government for subsidy, a senior government official said Tuesday. Chairman of the Special Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy,...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba road court No: 2 has on Wednesday 19th June 2024 remanded George Adams, former military personnel with force number 18172457, for allegedly participating in the November 26th failed coup. The accused George Adams made his first appearance in court and was arraigned on the charges of Treason,...Read More

By Desmond Tunde Coker Just after the conclusion of the Sierra Leone Women’s League 2023/2024 season, with her extra ordinary performance in the second edition of the country’s female top-tier league, FC Kallon Female forward, Kumba Zainab Brima has on Friday June 28th, 2024, been awarded the Player of the Season for the 2023/24 Sierra...Read More

The outgoing Board Chairman of the Guma Valley Water Company, Hon. Bintu Myers on Friday 28th June 2024, handed over the company’s Board Chairmanship to Ing. David Karim Fonnie. The handing-over ceremony which took place at the company’s Board room was witnessed by the executive and senior management staff of the company. Speaking at the...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu  The “Job Creation for Youth and Women in Climate Smart Agriculture Value Chains and Waste Management” project targets value chains where the youth and women are more active, such as cassava and fisheries. The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB)...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Madam Kadiatu Bundu Caulker, the first defense witness for the second accused Sergeant Ibrahim Bundu Kamara, alias Amerikin, has on Monday 1st July 2024 testified before Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and members of the board of the ongoing Court Martial trials.   Madam Bundu was led in evidence by the defense counsel I....Read More