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…
Three people, two women and a man, have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building that was being used as a church collapsed on worshippers in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Sunday. Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak said 20 others, most of them women and children, had been rescued and were being treated in various hospitals….
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has ratified a major mining agreement with Leone Afric Metals (SL) Limited to develop lithium reserves in the Kangi Hill area of Bombali District. The agreement, signed on 16 March 2026, covers an 80.4 square kilometre lithium-rich site in Ngowahun Chiefdom and is expected to last 25 years, with mining…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the start of an investigation into the Director of the Sierra Leone Law School, Dr. Abu Bakarr Bangura, following a formal complaint from the Council of Legal Education. The ACC stated that it aims to complete the investigation within a month and called on all parties involved to provide…
The 2024 Auditor General’s Report on the Sierra Leone Immigration Department (SLID) has highlighted significant weaknesses in revenue reporting and financial reconciliation, particularly relating to electronic visa (e-visa) collections and passport application payments. According to the audit, a total of NLe9.7 million was transferred to the Consolidated Fund as revenue from e-visas. However, auditors noted…
