Zuri Sky revives direct UK-Sierra Leone flights after a decade, cutting travel time to six hours and boosting tourism, business, and diaspora connections. After more than ten years without direct air connectivity, a new chapter in UK-Sierra Leone travel is about to begin. UK-based airline Zuri Sky Ltd has officially announced its ambitious plan to...Read More

By Dr. Sorie Gassama The relationship between the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the Mandingoes of Biriwa Chiefdom, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone has been a long and tumultuous one. The Mandingoes of Biriwa have indeed faced a long history of persecution and marginalization, particularly at the hands of the All People’s Congress...Read More

By Desmond Tunde Coker Freetown, February 21, 2025 – The Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, will be representing Sierra Leone at the II International Sports Fair in Havana, Cuba, from February 23 to 27, 2025. This invitation was extended by the President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER) of...Read More

The lab will accelerate diagnoses and improve patient care at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital PIH Sierra Leone Lab Technician James Koroma (left), Lab Technician Elizabeth Gbondo (center), and Volunteer Sahr Solomon Foryoh (right) in the recently opened microbiology lab at Koidu Government Hospital on February 6, 2025. Photo by Chiara Herold / PIH In rural...Read More

From religious groups to a lack of adequate sensitization, the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare bill faces a range of challenges that could further endanger the people who need it the most. An advertisement by the Government to promote antenatal check up on March 7, 2014 in Bo district, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has a...Read More

By Zainab Sunkary Koroma In the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s brutal 11-year civil war, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established under the Lome Peace Accord to promote healing and reconciliation. Among its many recommendations was a call for press freedom, enshrined in Section 75 of Volume 2, Chapter 3 of the 2004 TRC...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu State House, Freetown, Saturday, February 22, 2025 – In recognition of his exceptional contributions to gender equality and education, Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio received two distinguished continental awards: the African HeForShe Champion of the Year—2024 and the Presidential African Intelligence Award—2024. These awards were presented by Her Excellency...Read More

 By Fatima Kpaka On Friday, February 21, 2025, businesswoman Isata Kamara took the stand before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Pademba Court No. 1, testifying against Emma Coker and Abdul Khe-Morlai in the case of her son Mohamed Conteh’s alleged murder. The defendants, Coker and Khe-Morlai, made their third court appearance, facing two charges: conspiracy to...Read More

By George M.O. Williams Freetown, February 21, 2025 – Esther Finda Dauda has been awarded a brand-new Suzuki S-Presso by A Call To Business (ACTB) Bank, emerging as the grand prize winner of the bank’s ‘Save and Win’ promotion. The official handover ceremony took place at the bank’s headquarters on Freetown Road, near the Lumley...Read More