By Mohamed Lamin Banya A delegation of World Bank Executive Directors has toured Sierra Leone’s flagship solar power project in Newton, commending the country’s progress toward clean and reliable energy. The visit took place on April 25 in Newton, where officials inspected the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE), a 30-megawatt solar facility supported…
By Mariama Bundu The Ministry of Information and Civic Education, in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, has hosted a seminar and symposium aimed at promoting nation building and civic responsibility among young people. The event took place on April 25 at the Miatta Conference Center as part of activities marking Sierra Leone’s 65th Independence Anniversary. It brought…
Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. The defendants appeared at the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, where they were ordered to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s…
By Mariama Bundu On Tuesday, 21st April 2026, the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) held its weekly press conference at the Miatta Civic Centre, Youyi Building, with a focus on plans to restore Sierratel through a private sector partnership. The Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Salima Monorma Bah, announced that the government…
The Deputy National Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, and National Chairman Sir Jimmy Batilo Songa on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Zhao Jong, in a move aimed at strengthening diplomatic and party-to-party relations. The visit was in reciprocation…
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), in collaboration with the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone A, has concluded a three-day competition management workshop in Freetown. The training brought together sixteen participants from nine WAFU member countries, including Sierra Leone. Sessions focused on key areas such as match organisation, match supervision, and match reporting, aimed…
Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, Komba Kamanda, is chairing the first-ever meeting of the ECOWAS Judicial Council to be hosted in Sierra Leone, receiving commendations from fellow Chief Justices, eminent judges, and Commissioners of the ECOWAS Commission. The high-level meeting, taking place at the Atlantic Hotel, commenced on 21 April 2026 and is scheduled to run…
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone on 20 April 2026 hosted the UNAIDS Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Susan Muwanse Kasedde, along with a delegation from the National AIDS Secretariat, at its headquarters in Tower Hill. The visit aimed to explore ways the institutions can strengthen collaboration in addressing human rights issues…
By Ishmael Bayoh, Information Attaché, Sierra Leone Embassy, Dakar, Senegal His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has told Africa’s youth that the continent’s leaders owe them institutions that work, economies that include them, and a continent that refuses to waste them—not just speeches. President Bio, who is also the Chairperson of the Authority of…
The Reptile and Amphibian Program–Sierra Leone (RAP-SL), on Saturday 18 April 2026, organized a one-day awareness-raising campaign along the Western Area Peninsula shoreline of Sierra Leone on sea turtles, manatees, and mangroves at the Ocean View Centre, Tokeh. The aim of the campaign was to ensure that sea turtles and manatees are protected in accordance…
