Category: Current News
Freetown & Zurich Launch Five-Year Urban Regeneration Project with Sod-Turning Ceremony
By John Baimba Sesay, Senior Communications Manager, Mayor’s Office On 12 November 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, alongside Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk, councillors, council staff, and representatives from GOAL Sierra Leone, SLRA, and SLRSA, officially welcomed Zurich Mayor Corine Mauch and her delegation, including UN-Habitat’s Regional Director for Africa, Oumar Sylla, to Freetown. The visit…
Ministry of Health, WHO Conclude Three-Day Workshop to Validate Tobacco & Nicotine Regulations
By Sulaiman Stom Koroma The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has successfully concluded a three-day national validation workshop for the draft tobacco and nicotine regulations under the Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act 2022.
Veteran Football Association Donate 20 Bags of 50Kg Rice to Waterloo FC
By David Lebbie With support from a philanthropist who resides in America, Mrs. Adama Vandy Konneh, seasoned football administrator and 2021 Sierra Leone Football Association Presidential candidate Sadick Deen-Nyarkoh, on Saturday, 8th November 2025, donated 20 bags of 50kg rice to the Waterloo Amputee Team (Waterloo FC). The donation came after the team captain, Mohamed…
Bio: ‘West Africa Must Rise Together’
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has called for deeper economic cooperation and investment between Sierra Leone and Nigeria, stressing that the future of West Africa depends on shared prosperity and regional integration.
BAN Calls for Fair Global Tax Rules
By Ishmail Saidu Kanu Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) has urged global leaders to adopt fairer international tax rules as the Intergovernmental Negotiations for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation began yesterday. BAN warns that the current global tax system unfairly disadvantages resource-rich countries like Sierra Leone, causing major revenue losses that could support…
SLFA Secures 20% Increase in Leone Rock Sponsorship Deal
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), steered by President Babadi Kamara, successfully secured a 20 percent increase in the Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG) sponsorship for the 2025/2026 Premier League season, raising the package from $150,000 last season to $180,000 this campaign. Leone Rock sponsored the 2023/24 season with $80,000 under the Victor Lewis Board….
Environment Minister Calls for Global Action to Protect Forests & Oceans
By Communications Desk, Sierra Leone Delegation to COP30 At the just-concluded World Leaders’ Summit of COP30, held on 6th and 7th November 2025 at the Amazonia Hangar Centre in Belém, Brazil, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Hon. Jiwoh Emmanuel Abdulai, delivered a powerful call to global…
RSLAF Honours Fallen Heroes/Heroines on Annual Remembrance Day
By Lemuella Tarawallie The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Ex-Servicemen’s Association (SLESA), has commemorated this year’s Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion dedicated to honoring those who paid the ultimate price in service to the nation and humanity.
SLFA President clocks 100 days of impactful leadership
By Ishmail Saidu Kanu When the delegates at the Lungi Elections on August 2, 2025, overwhelmingly endorsed Babadi Kamara as President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), expectations were high. One hundred days later, those expectations are beginning to translate into tangible results; visible reforms, strengthened governance, renewed partnerships, and the rekindling of national…