The High Court of Sierra Leone has issued a ruling halting the planned Ordinary Congress of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), marking a significant escalation in a legal dispute over the organization’s governance. The injunction, initially issued on November 25, 2024, remains in effect, following a challenge led by Tamba G. Gbetuwa, Chairman of the...Read More
By Feima Kpaka Mattru Town, Jong Chiefdom, Bonthe District, Thursday, January 2, 2025 – In a significant move toward enhancing healthcare delivery, Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned a cold chain facility for the Bonthe District Health Management Team and launched the National Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) program. These initiatives are part...Read More
The management of ZOODLABS has categorically confirmed that it has fully complied with both fiscal and non-fiscal provisions of its concession agreement with the government of Sierra Leone. This clarification was made following the Auditor General’s report claiming that ZOODLABS has not fulfilled its financial obligation to the government. The management of ZOODLABS said this was...Read More
By George M.O. Williams In a remarkable display of generosity and community spirit, the District Grand Lodge of Sierra Leone and The Gambia, under the Scottish Constitution, hosted its seventh annual Christmas party for children on December 21, 2024. Held at the Masonic Temple on Lightfoot Boston Street in Freetown, the event brought joy, fun, and...Read More
Story by AFP In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone’s polluting public transport system. Rush hour in the West African country’s major cities is a frenetic medley of minibuses, mopeds, shared taxis and three-wheeled vehicles known as “kekehs” –- each spluttering...Read More
