The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has officially commenced the CAF C Diploma Coaching Course on Monday, June 8, at the Sierra Leone Football Academy in Freetown. This marks the second CAF C Diploma Coaching Course organised within four months, underscoring the SLFA’s continued commitment to strengthening coaching education and grassroots football development across the…
By Princetta Williams, Information Attaché, SLHC Accra The High Commissioner of Sierra Leone in Ghana, His Excellency Mohamed Hassan Kaisamba, during the first flag-raising ceremony in honour of international students at the Accra Technical University, said that studying in a foreign country requires courage, resilience, adaptability, and determination. He was speaking as the special guest…
Recent public discussions and media reports have sought to portray the Port of Freetown as a “cocaine corridor,” 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 Leone’s most strategically secured gateways, where port authorities, security agencies,…
President of the Sierra Leone Football Association, 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚, 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 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 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 team’s 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 People’s 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,…
