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By Kadijatu Bangura, D.S. The Sierra Leone Airports Authority has certified 60 Freetown International Airport staff, including 10 air traffic controllers, in a $150,000 training drive aimed at raising safety standards and operational efficiency. The newly certified air traffic controllers completed refresher courses in Aerodrome and Approach Control. Another 50 personnel finished basic training in…

By Saidu Jalloh, D.S. In a rare, sweeping move to sharpen Sierra Leone’s war on graft, 35 staff of the Anti-Corruption Commission touched down en route to China Sunday for a two-week immersion in anti-corruption strategy and enforcement. The delegation drawn from every level of the Commission, from senior executives to drivers, office assistants, and…

By Joseph Momoh reporter D.S A 30-year prison sentence was handed down Monday to a single mother of three after she admitted to possession and distribution of nearly 1,000 wraps of cannabis. Isha Munu appeared before Justice Andrew S.C. Johnson at the High Court in Freetown, where she pleaded guilty to two counts under the…

By Joseph Momoh, D.S. Sierra Leone’s exports have climbed more than 21% in two years, with the trade deficit cut in half, Minister of Trade and Industry Alpha Ibrahim Sesay told investors and policymakers at the Civic Day London Edition Conference held at Westminster Chapel. Sesay said exports rose from $1.33 billion in 2023 to…

By Kadijatu Bangura, D.S. Sierra Leone’s push to modernize farming and tackle unemployment received a major lift Thursday as the World Bank approved a $40 million grant to overhaul key agricultural value chains and help create at least 35,000 new jobs. The funding, issued through the International Development Association on 18 June 2026, will launch…

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter D.S Twenty-five Family Support Unit officers from 10 divisions have completed a two-day training aimed at improving case management and survivor support in sexual and gender-based violence investigations across the Western Area. The sessions, held June 18 and 19 at Twin Hall in Hastings, formed part of the Strengthening Behavioural Change…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter D.S The Government of Sierra Leone has transferred a third batch of more than 50 people battling substance abuse from the Eastern Region to the Daru Rehabilitation Centre, expanding a national drive to curb drug addiction and reintegrate affected youths. The Ministry of Social Welfare, working with the National Public Health…

By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter D.S The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency convened entrepreneurs, farmers, students, and local leaders in Port Loko on Sunday to promote climate-resilient business practices ahead of World Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 2026. Held at the New Auditorium of Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology under the…

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter D.S The Parliamentary Committee on Technical and Higher Education, chaired by Hon. Joseph Williams Lamin, on Friday, 19th June 2026, declared that the suspension of the Vice Chancellor and Principal of Milton Margai Technical University, Professor Philip John Kanu, was illegal and recommended his immediate resumption of duty. This followed an…

By Daily Scope Staff Reporter The Sierra Leone Police Hospital commissioned its first modern blood bank and dental clinic Thursday, marking a major expansion of medical services for officers and their families nationwide. The new units are designed to improve blood supply management and oral healthcare for police personnel and dependants, officials said at the…