By: Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter, D.S. The European Union (EU) has joined forces with Sierra Leone’s Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) to launch a critical training program aimed at enhancing the country’s capacity to combat Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). The initiative, supported by the EU-funded SecFin programme, was inaugurated during a…
By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter, D.S A staff member of the Ministry of Lands has been remanded in custody following serious charges of land forgery and fraud. The accused faces multiple counts, including forgery, conspiracy, and unlawful entry onto state land. During a court appearance before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2…
By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter, D.S The All People’s Congress (APC) convened a meeting with the United Nations Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) on June 16, 2025, to discuss the implementation of recommendations from the Tripartite Committee’s Report, aimed at ensuring free, fair, and transparent elections in Sierra Leone’s upcoming 2028 general elections. The NAM included representatives…
By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter, D.S Mercy Ships has departed from the shores for a scheduled maintenance period in Cadiz, Spain, with plans to return in August. The ship will continue to deliver specialized surgical care until its final departure in June 2026. According to a joint press release from the Ministry of Health and Mercy…
By: Joseph Momoh, Reporter, D.S The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Timothy Kabba, has announced that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a crucial mediation and security meeting this week to address the ongoing Yenga dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea. Minister Kabba confirmed that a constructive meeting…
By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter, D.S Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Finance and Energy, in collaboration with Hon. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Food Security (PI-CREF), has secured a $45 million commitment from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to rehabilitate and expand the Bumbuna 1 hydroelectric…
“It’s All The Same, Until Jesus Joins” Eugene Peterson gives a brief but encouraging word for those of us who need some restarts in life. His comments are from The Message, page 1177 comments on Luke 5:1-11.All of us experience failure. We fail at many things and in many ways. These failures are painful. Sometimes…
Episode 7 – Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: When the Silence Becomes Too Loud By Dr. Doma Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, JFK. A name you can’t just brush off in Sierra Leone’s political space. He has held serious offices: former Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice under President Ernest Bai Koroma and…
By Joseph Momoh, Reporter D.S The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has successfully established and trained Chiefdom Disaster Management Committees (CDMCs) across 16 chiefdoms in Kono and Tonkolili districts. This initiative aims to enhance local disaster management capabilities and is rooted in Part V of the…
By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter D.S In a collective effort to combat plastic pollution and environmental degradation, Orange Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), successfully concluded the 2025 Orange Green Run Marathon on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Held under the theme “Engage for Earth: Say No to Plastic,” the event gathered hundreds…
