Minister Chernor Bah Announces Five Major Civic Townhalls For Salone Civic Festival
By Hajaratu S. Bangura The Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MoICE), in partnership with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), has announced five major civic townhall sessions…
Why Sierra Leone Is Now A Country Of Concern
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh The atmosphere around Sierra Leone’s relations with the United States of America has shifted sharply. Many of our people are now facing visa delays, inexplicable rejections,…
Finance Minister Set To Table A Pro-People 2026 Budget
The Government of Sierra Leone is poised to table what senior officials are calling “one of the most pro-people budgets in recent years”, as the Minister of Finance prepares to…
Is SLPP Drumming The Drums Of War?
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Earlier it was Moses Mambu and now the emboldened Wusu Dadida Jalloh. Yes, the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) fined both the All People’s Congress (APC)…
The Rebirth Nobody Saw Coming: How Reporters Reclaimed Their Union After 21 Years”
By Lemuella Tarawallie For more than two decades, the Sierra Leone Reporters’ Union (SLRU) lay dormant, a sleeping giant resting under the weight of outdated structures, neglected welfare systems, and…
UNICEF Hands Over 100 Resilient Oxygen Concentrators To Boost Special Newborn Care
By Lemuella Tarawallie The crying of premature newborn babies echoed softly through the wards of the Julius Maada Bio Paediatric Centre of Excellence yesterday (Wednesday 26 November) at Lumley’s Regent…
APC Must Not Let 2028 Be Like 2023
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) appears to have set the stage for rigging the 2028 General Elections for it seems to have personnel-ed…
Are President Bio’s Travels Beneficial To Sierra Leone?
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Since President Julius Maada Bio assumed office in April 2018, his administration’s foreign travel has reached dizzying heights. It has become common to hear about yet…
Liberian Embassy Refuses To Pay Retirement Benefits To Deceased Diplomat’s Family
The Embassy of the Republic of Liberia has been refusing to pay the benefits of the late Nathaniel. T. Dixon to his family in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The late Nathaniel…
Waterloo Gives Dr Ibrahim Bangura Presidential Nod
The aspiration of Dr Ibrahim Bangura to be the 2028 Presidential candidate for the All People’s Congress (APC) was given a big boost last Saturday when he attracted one of…