This notice serves to inform interested and/or affected persons/parties (I&APs) about the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) on the Installation of Sierra Mineral Holdings I Limited’s Washing Plant and Drying Plant, and Construction of Tailings Storage Facilities in the Lower Banta and Dasse chiefdoms in Moyamba district. Sierra Mineral Holdings I Limited (SMHL) started...Read More

By: Aaron Bundu Lahai-Head of Media & Public Relations The Hon. Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who doubles as the Chairman of Inter-Agency Forum on Social Protection, on Friday, August 9, 2024, presided over the third forum meeting at the Albertson Hotel in Kenema City. In his remarks, the Vice President described the 2018...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, Friday, August 9, 2024: The West African Bankers Association (WABA) has at its 78th Executive Council Meeting and  42nd General  Assembly unanimously elected the Managing Director of Rokel Commercial Bank, Dr Walton  Ekundayo Gilpin as Vice President II of the association.  The twin event, held in Sierra Leone at the Freetown...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has arrived in New York on Friday to assume his role as President of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, for the month of August. This marks a historic moment as Sierra Leone takes the helm of the world’s foremost body for maintaining international...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka In a bid to promote gender equality and inclusivity, the Parliament of Sierra Leone has  in its first meeting of the second session on Thursday,  August 8, 2024  approved Mrs  Asmaa James, Fatmata Sawaneh and other presidential nominees going as ambassadors and other crucial positions. The approval of the Presidential Nominees in...Read More

By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has on Thursday, August 8, 2024, joined the Office of National Security (ONS) to launch the National Security Policy and Strategy (NSPS). The event brought together representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and International Community at the Foreign Service Academy Hall, Tower Hill...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  Jude Advocate Mark Ngegba, who presides in the ongoing Court-martial trial for soldier who allegedly participated in the November 26, 2023 coup d’état, has on Thursday,  August 8, 2024 ordered for one Corporal Abu Bakarr Koroma of the 4th Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces to be tried separately...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The U.S. Peace Corps on Friday hosted an official swearing-in and commissioning ceremony for six new volunteers at the Peace Corps Training Center in Kambia. U.S. Ambassador Bryan Hunt welcomed representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Basic, Senior & Secondary Education, and Ministry of Foreign...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and seven board members that were presiding over the court-martial trial for the past eight months have on Friday, August 9, 2024 sentenced Lieutenant Colonel Charles Yamba and 23 others to a jail term of 120 years plus for various offences including Conspiracy to commit Mutiny, Mutiny, Failure to...Read More