Why Sierra Leone Is Now A Country Of Concern
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh The atmosphere around Sierra Leoneโs 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 โone of the most pro-people budgets in recent yearsโ, 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 Peopleโs Congress (APC)…
The Rebirth Nobody Saw Coming: How Reporters Reclaimed Their Union After 21 Yearsโ
By Lemuella Tarawallie For more than two decades, the Sierra Leone Reportersโ Union (SLRU) lay dormant, a sleeping giant resting under the weight of outdated structures, neglected welfare systems, and…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 Lumleyโs Regent…
APC Must Not Let 2028 Be Like 2023
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) The ruling Sierra Leone Peopleโs Party (SLPP) appears to have set the stage for rigging the 2028 General Elections for it seems to have personnel-ed…
Are President Bioโs Travels Beneficial To Sierra Leone?
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Since President Julius Maada Bio assumed office in April 2018, his administrationโs foreign travel has reached dizzying heights. It has become common to hear about yet…
Liberian Embassy Refuses To Pay Retirement Benefits To Deceased Diplomatโs 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 Peopleโs Congress (APC) was given a big boost last Saturday when he attracted one of…
Bumbuna Phase II: Local Partner Wins $484,132 Default Judgment Against Foreign Partners
Energy Services Company SL Ltd (ESCO), the Sierra Leonean local partner in the Bumbuna II hydroelectric project, has secured a default judgment of USD $484,132 against foreign partners Joule Africa,…