Category: Current News
Fisheries Ministry Revenue Hits NLe163M in 2025
By Mariama Bundu The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources recorded a revenue increase in 2025, generating NLe163 million, up from NLe150 million in 2024, Minister Princess Dugba announced. She reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to further boosting revenue in 2026. Minister Dugba also declared a fishing closed season for the artisanal fisheries subsector, running from…
UN, Irish Embassy & Gov’t of Sierra Leone Sign £7.4m Nutrition Deal
By Lemuella Tarawallie The Government of Sierra Leone, the Irish Embassy, and United Nations agencies on Thursday, 29 January 2026, signed a £7,465,076 Joint Nutrition Programme Agreement aimed at strengthening climate-resilient food and nutrition security across the country. The agreement, covering the period 2025–2029, brings together UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme…
UNICEF, Government of Sierra Leone & Mastercard Foundation Launch Nationwide Geo-Mapping of Community Health Workers
By Lemuella Tarawallie UNICEF, in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone and with support from the Mastercard Foundation, has officially launched a nationwide verification and geo-mapping exercise of Community Health Workers (CHWs), marking a major digital shift in the country’s primary healthcare system. The initiative, launched on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, aims to strengthen…
REMAPSEN Holds Media Forum on NTDs in Benin
By Yusuff Moseray Suma The Africa Media Network for the promotion of health and the environment (REMAPSEN), has held it 4th media forum in the republic of Benin with a key focus on discussing the neglected tropical diseases-NTDs in Africa. The 4th REMAPSEN Media Forum on NTDs is themed “From Neglect to Spotlight: Driving Africa’s…
SLRSA Cracks Down on Unregistered Garages along Waterloo–Masiaka Highway
The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has launched a major operation to remove unregistered motor garages and roadside repair shops along the busy Waterloo–Masiaka corridor. The move aims to improve road safety and ease traffic congestion. Speaking at Camp Junction in Waterloo, SLRSA Deputy Executive Director Josie Abraham Scott-Manga said makeshift garages have become…
FSU Sensitises Fire Force Personnel on SGBV Laws and Mandate
Officials from the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police engaged personnel of the National Fire Force at their headquarters in Freetown on Wednesday, 28 January 2026. The session, led by ASP Abu Bakarr Kanu, Operations Officer of the FSU, aimed to familiarise Fire Force personnel with the FSU’s mandate and roles, as…
RAIC Extends Deadline for Annual Compliance Reports
The Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) has extended the deadline for Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs), and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to submit their Annual Compliance Report (ACR) and Proactive Disclosure of Information (PDI) from Thursday, 22nd January to Monday, 16th February 2026. The extension comes in response to formal requests from public institutions seeking additional…
Wusum Stadium’s $95,000 Facelift: Babadi Kamara’s Modest Step with Major Meaning
By Samuel Serry When the President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Babadi Kamara, recently launched the construction of a perimeter fence, a borehole and other facilities at Makeni’s Wusum Stadium, the announcement was met with mixed reactions. To some, it was a minor project unworthy of fanfare; to others, it was a long-overdue…
Woman Gets 40 Years for Drug Trafficking in Port Loko
The High Court of Sierra Leone, sitting in Port Loko and presided over by Hon. Justice Sahr Elogima Kekura, has handed down significant sentences in two separate criminal cases. Abdul Kamara Sentenced to 20 Years for Sexual Offences Against a Minor. Abdul Kamara has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment after being convicted on three…
Justice Mark Ngegba Sentences Two Liberian Citizens to 35 Years’ Imprisonment for Possession of 2,130 Tablets of Tramadol
High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Mark Ngegba, has sentenced two Liberian Citizens to thirty-five (35) years’ imprisonment for trading and transporting of two thousand one hundred and thirty (2,130) tablets of tramadol. The convicts, Annet Maflah and Lovetta Maflah, are sisters and Liberian citizens resident in Zorzor, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia. The two convicts were…