By Fatima Kpaka Abu Bakarr Yillah, 47, a police officer attached to the Operations Support Division of the Sierra Leone Police stationed in Kambia was on Thursday 22nd August 2024 sent to prison by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No: 2 for allegedly murdering Fasineh Bangura. The accused made his first appearance in...Read More

Initial results show homes in Sierra Leone’s capital fitted with heat-reflective roofing sheets can be up to 6C cooler By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan Mohamed Koroma has lived in the Kroo Bay waterfront community in Freetown for more than 50 years but cannot remember a time when the weather has been as hot as it was in...Read More

Source: APO Group A 14-year-old girl from Sierra Leone is free to follow her dreams of becoming a doctor after having a facial tumor removed by international health charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.com) Without the timely surgery, the tumor would likely have continued to grow to the point of causing airway obstructions, and ultimately, death by...Read More

By Stephen V. Lansana The Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), Professor Aiah Lebbie has on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 officially launched the 2024 African Genius Awards (AGA)which will be hosted by Fourah Bay College (FBC) on Saturday, September 7th, 2024, making it the first college outside South Africa to...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 Mohamed Moriba Fabbah, 32, a contractor, was on Thursday, August 22, 2024, sent on remand by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 for an alleged theft of 50 length half-inch iron rod and 80 pieces of timbers. The accused who made his...Read More

Koninga inspecting a rat trap at a house in Mapuma village outside Kenema. Koninga is part of a group of researchers studying Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to several West African countries and transmitted by rodents. — AFP RUMMAGING in the darkness of a tiny mud and thatch home in eastern Sierra Leone,...Read More