Story by Emmanuel Yeboah, Mawusi Yaw Dumenu and Enoch Randy Aikins Sierra Leoneans head to the polls on 24 June to elect a new president, parliamentarians, mayors and local councillors. This will be the fifth consecutive election cycle since the end of the country’s civil war in 2002, marking 21 years of democracy. Despite a...Read More
By Silas Isenjia “May this election bring an end to the violence, hatred, and discord that has plagued our beloved country,” the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone, Fr. Peter Konteh, has implored ahead of the June 24 general elections. Fr. Konteh who was addressing the ninth Congress of the Regional Union of the Diocesan...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Thousands of supporters of the All People’s Congress (APC) on Friday, June 9, 2023 welcomed the party presidential candidate Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara and his Vice Presidential Candidate Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah to the district. Speaking to the party supporters at the Koidu Town Field, the APC Presidential Candidate...Read More
Deforestation continues apace – ignoring the lessons of a deadly landslide tragedy in 2017 By Nick Webster A rampant land grab engulfing Sierra Leone‘s capital city is threatening communities and the future of its wild chimpanzees. Freetown, the largest port city in the country, has a population of about 1.2 million people that is expected to...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) on Friday June 9, concluded plastic waste collection exercise, as part of the commemoration of the World Environment Day. This year’s World Environment Day is themed: “Beat Plastic Pollution”, with a key focus on solutions to reduce plastic pollution in the environment. The Day...Read More
Around 37 to 39 women including one female Paramount chief MP will make up 25 to 26% of the next 149 Members of Parliament (MPs) and of that about 60% of the women are predicted to be from the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) according to SierraPoll survey done by the Institute of Governance Reform...Read More
Blama Town, Kenema District, Thursday 1 June 2023 – Voters and residents of Blama Town in the Small Bo Chiefdom, Kenema District in the eastern region of Sierra Leone, have expressed their unconditional willingness to vote for the Presidential candidate of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP, Julius Maada Bio, in the 24 June...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) in collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), on Friday, June 2, 2023, concluded a two-day media literacy for Youth Advocates and Journalists at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown. The training was funding by the European Union, The training...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Detective Superintendent Patricia Koroma, attached to the Criminal Investigation Department at Aberdeen Police Station, has on Friday, June 2, 2023 led evidence in the ongoing case involving a teacher who was allegedly murdered by a pupil.Detective Koroma took to the witness stand and recognized the accused person, a 17-year-old pupil, for allegedly...Read More
Ahead of the June 24 election, a rematch of the 2018 vote, familiar issues of identity and economic stagnation are also competing on the ballot. By Jamie Hitchen Freetown, Sierra Leone – On April 23, President Julius Maada Bio and Kandeh Yumkella danced together at a public function in Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital, effectively signalling the...Read More
