The Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) has officially conducted a handing-over ceremony between outgoing Managing Director Ing. George Lamin Vandi and the newly appointed first female Managing Director, Ing. Tiideni Hawa Jabbi. The event took place at SALWACO’s Boardroom in Freetown and included key stakeholders such as the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Dr….
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…
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.
A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined with Republicans and voted in favour of an agreement. The vote is a procedural first step towards passing a compromise…
A female TikToker accused of helping Mali’s army has been seized and killed execution-style by suspected jihadists.
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…
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…
By Ishmail Saidu Kanu Sierra Leone’s economy is showing steady signs of recovery and resilience despite global challenges, according to the latest World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update released on Thursday 6 November 2025 in Freetown. The report projects economic growth at 4.3 percent in 2025, rising to 4.6 percent by 2027, driven by improvements…
