Recent public discussions and media reports have sought to portray the Port of Freetown as a โcocaine corridor,โ and, to an extent, smear it. While such claims may attract headlines, the facts paint a markedly different picture. The Port of Freetown remains one of Sierra Leoneโs most strategically secured gateways, where port authorities, security agencies,…
President of the Sierra Leone Football Association, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐, this evening departed Sierra Leone on an official mission to participate in high-level international football engagements convened under the auspices of FIFA. As part of his official itinerary, President Babadi will attend the opening ceremony of the ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ between hosts Mexico and South…
By Mohamed Lamin Banya The Director of Climate Change at the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security (PI-CREF), Ing. Fuad Yusuf-Bangura, has called on young innovators and entrepreneurs to see climate change as an opportunity for economic growth rather than only an environmental challenge. He made the statement on 4 June…
A court in Nigeria has sentenced four men to death for attacking a church in the south-western Ondo state in 2022 in a case which sent shockwaves across the nation. Forty-one worshippers were killed and more than 100 others injured when they opened fire at the St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a…
By Mohamed Lamin Banya The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Kabba, has said it was an honour, in his capacity as Chair of the Council of ECOWAS Ministers, to receive the Director of Conference and Protocol of ECOWAS and her delegation in Freetown. The ECOWAS team is in Sierra Leone to assess…
Sierra Leone will on Saturday, 6 June 2026, host Liberia in an international friendly match at the Southern Arena in Bo City, marking the national teamโs first home fixture in five years. The match is part of preparations for upcoming international assignments and is expected to draw significant local support as football returns to home…
By Miracle Seer The Sierra Leone Bar Association presidential candidate, Martina Baindu Egbenda Esq., has continued her nationwide consultative engagements with members of the legal profession, holding a strategic meeting with Benchers and legal practitioners in Makeni, the judicial hub of the Northern Province. Welcoming Madam Egbenda and her team, Billy Kamara Esq., Coordinator for…
The Sierra Leone Peopleโs Party (SLPP) on 28 May 2028 inaugurated its Gambia Branch Executive in a ceremony led by the Deputy National Chairman, Mr. Robert K. Kargbo. The delegation included senior party officials such as the National Organising Secretary, Mr. Alhassan Gewane Bolugun George; National Financial Secretary, Mr. Shaka Sannoh; National Public Relations Officer,…
By Betty Milton, Information Attachรฉ, Brussels Professor Charles Jalloh continued his outreach to diplomatic missions in Brussels on Tuesday, 2nd June 2026, as part of Sierra Leoneโs campaign ahead of the November election to the International Court of Justice Meetings were held with the Ambassador of Latvia, H.E. Aiga Liepina; the West African Group of…
The newly appointed Country Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mr. Satora Matsuyama, has paid a courtesy visit to the leadership of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) at its headquarters in Aberdeen, Freetown. During the visit, NDMA Deputy Director General, Sulaiman Bockarie Sowa, welcomed the JICA delegation and expressed appreciation for the…
