By Mariama Bundu The Ministry of Information and Civic Education on Tuesday the 31st of March, 2026. Held its weekly press conference, focusing on efforts to strengthen religious tolerance and safeguard national unity in Sierra Leone. Addressing the media, the Minister of Social Welfare, Mrs. Melrose Karminty, outlined the rationale behind a recent communiqué signed…
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary’s Community Outreach Programme (TCOP) delivered a targeted education and engagement mission to communities surrounding Outamba-Kilimi National Park (OKNP), aimed at strengthening youth awareness of chimpanzees, biodiversity conservation, and the role healthy ecosystems play in sustaining local livelihoods. TCOP operates at the intersection of conservation and community development, delivering formal and informal environmental…
Cricket Sierra Leone (CSL) participated in a one-day financial governance training organized by the National Olympic Committee to empower National Sporting Organizations (NSOs) with key fiscal skills. The traning covered fund disbursement proceedures, record keeping, financial management and internal control requirements, eligibility criteria, among others. The current Board of CSL, under the leadership of Chairman…
By Lemuella Tarawallie Prison Watch Sierra Leone has officially launched its report titled Precarious Paths, calling for urgent reforms in the country’s justice and correctional systems, with a strong focus on the plight of young people. Launching the report, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Madam Saptieu Saccoh, urged stakeholders, donors, civil society actors, and government…
On 30th March 2026, the Campaign Against Cruelty to Animals in Sierra Leone (CCA- SL) in collaboration with community stakeholders organized a training workshop on basic humane education and animal welfare in Bo City. The training is in continuation of the organization’s AWI funded Humane Education activities in the Bo and Moyamba Districts respectively. It…
By Mariama Bundu The Decentralization Secretariat Sierra Leone has said that local councils are legal entities that cannot be boycotted, stressing that their operations must continue regardless of political actions. Director of the Secretariat, Alex Bonapha, said the law clearly establishes local councils as corporate bodies with perpetual succession under the Local Government Act. He…
…As Africa’s trade story enters a decisive chapter. In 2024, total African trade was estimated at approximately US$1.5 trillion, yet the continent accounts for just about 3.3% of global trade according to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO). Intra-African trade has grown to roughly US$220 billion, but at just 15–18% of total trade, it…
Three-quarters of fans of Premier League clubs are against the use of the video assistant referee, according to a survey by the Football Supporters’ Association. Just under 8,000 fans responded to the survey, which asked supporters of the 20 sides in this season’s top flight for their views on VAR. Of those asked, 90% disagreed…
Football fans in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been waiting a long time to right the wrongs of their solitary World Cup campaign in 1974. That was the year US President Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal, the Rubix Cube was invented and Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in the Rumble in the…
Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, Madrid’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles has said. “We will not authorise the use of Morón and Rota [military bases] for any acts related to the war in Iran,” she said, adding that Spain had “made this clear to the American government from…
