By Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter A 30-year-old mother of four has alleged she was forcibly subjected to female genital mutilation in Moeba Community following a dispute with another woman over a man, and is now in hiding while calling for government and rights groups to intervene. The woman, identified as Bintu Kamara, not her…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Russia, His Excellency Mohamed Yongawo, has warned that global security can no longer depend on any single power, urging collective action as the world shifts into a multipolar era. Ambassador Yongawo made the remarks while representing Sierra Leone at the First International Security Forum of…

By Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter The Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs has announced an urgent recruitment for 20 female drivers, but Freetown residents say safety and job security must come first. Minister Dr. Isata Mahoi issued a public notice this week directing interested women to report to the Ministry’s office at No. 6…

By Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka says West Africa will not achieve rice self-sufficiency by expanding farmland alone, warning that weak processing and logistics remain the sector’s biggest bottlenecks. Addressing a ministerial panel at the ECOWAS Rice Investment Roundtable in Accra, Dr. Kpaka argued…

By Saidu Jalloh, Daily Scope Reporter The United States Embassy in Freetown has dismissed reports that it is set to close, assuring the public that operations continue as normal despite a broader Trump administration plan to reduce the number of US missions in Africa authorized to process visas. In an official statement, the Embassy said…

By Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter FREETOWN Sierra Leone’s capacity to detect and contain disease outbreaks has received a boost, with the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Agency, NPHA, taking delivery of 16 Honda motorbikes from the World Health Organization, WHO. Funded through the Pandemic Fund, the donation is designed to close…

A Freetown High Court judge has sentenced Zainab Bintu Samura to 45 years in prison for attempting to smuggle drugs to her husband inside Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1 during his criminal trial. Justice Mark Ngegba delivered the judgment on Monday, May 25, 2026, after convicting Samura on six counts of unlawful possession and…

By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 1 Professor Dr. Charles Jalloh has opened his European diplomatic drive in Brussels, courting key UN member missions ahead of the November 2026 election for the International Court of Justice. The Sierra Leonean jurist, accompanied by Ambassador Philip Bob Jusu, met Monday with the Chinese Ambassador…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter FREETOWN Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Isata Mahoi, has issued a call for urgent action to reduce preventable newborn deaths, warning that neonatal mortality continues to weigh heavily on child survival rates. Speaking Monday at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Paediatric Association of Sierra Leone, PASL,…

By Kadijatu Bangura reporter D.S Sierra Leone’s €352 million European Union development package faces suspension after the Netherlands formally asked Brussels to freeze the funding over Freetown’s failure to extradite convicted Dutch drug trafficker Jos Leijdekkers, alias “Bolle Jos”. Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel announced the diplomatic push on Sunday during television programme Buitenhof,…