By Desmond Tunde Coker The Central One Football Association (COFA) has indefinitely suspended the Bambara Town Community Football Team following a series of disciplinary infractions during their match against Fourah Bay Community in the ongoing COFA Inter-Community Champions League. The decision, announced by COFA’s Emergency Disciplinary Committee, has generated mixed reactions, with some residents of...Read More
CSOs in Kambia Urge Government to Strengthen Security Measures to Combat Human Trafficking By Ibrahim S. Bangura Kambia, Sierra Leone – Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kambia district are urging the Sierra Leonean government to strengthen border security in an effort to combat the rising issue of human trafficking. The district, which shares over 300...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The government of Sierra Leone on Friday impounded a private non-scheduled aircraft at the Freetown International Airport and all four people onboard have been held in custody, the Civil Aviation Authority said Friday. “At 11.54 pm on the 19th of September 2024, a private non-scheduled aircraft landed at FNA, without an...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Freetown, Sierra Leone: The Sierra Leone Urban Research Center (SLURC) on Thursday, September 19, 2024, convened a conference that is aimed at addressing the challenges in urban healthcare across Sierra Leone. The event themed “Bridging the Gap: Urban Health Transitions towards Just and Inclusive Cities,” gathered key partners, community stakeholders, and...Read More
By Ishmael Bayoh, Information Attachè- Sierra Leone Embassy Dakar, Senegal The Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday. September 21, 2024, bade farewell to the Sierra Leone team that will be participating in the 2024 FIRST GLOBAL Challenge in Athens, Greece from September 26 – 29. Team Sierra Leone will be joining other youth...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Kalilu Amara Bah, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, on Friday, September 20, 2024, sued Ibrahim Jaffason Kamara, Sahr Abu Bockarie, and Abdulai Sankoh for allegedly stealing assorted items valued at NLe 167,500 from his resident. The accused persons were arraigned before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No2 on three...Read More
Police Officer Testifies against Nigerian Facing Kidnapping & Drug Charges By Fatima Kpaka Edwin Uwa Ogbonna, a Nigerian, made another appearance before the Principal Magistrate of the Freetown Magistrate Court No.1, Sahr Kekura over an allegation of Kidnapping and possession of Cocaine and Kush. The first prosecution witness Detective Police Constable Tapia Amara attached at...Read More
Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on 18 September 18, 2024, shared her insights on the future of urban sustainability and policy, Freetown’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities at the Imperial College’s Global Development Hub in London. To achieve the SDGs, she said,...Read More
By Helen Keller Intl For nearly 10 years, Boncapri Sesay has served as a peer educator, providing counseling and guidance to pregnant and breastfeeding women in her own community. Regularly hosting a group that meets under a mango tree in her rural village in Sierra Leone’s Northern Province, she is keen to share her knowledge about the...Read More
IMF completes credit facility arrangement with Sierra Leone By Alusine Sesay International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies and reforms that could be supported by a new 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, with requested access of SDR 187 million (about US$253 million), the...Read More
