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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,…

By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter Sierra Leone’s Government Printing Department turned a new page Friday as it was officially relaunched at its New England Ville headquarters, ending years of decline at the 232-year-old institution. Founded in 1794 and operating as the Royal Gazette from 1801, the department was British West Africa’s first government press…

By: Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter The Maternal healthcare in York Village, Western Rural District, received a major lift on 28 May as the Orange Sierra Leone Foundation partnered with UBA Foundation and Mama-Pikin Foundation to commission a fully refurbished labour ward and post-natal clinic. The upgrade transforms a facility previously hampered by infrastructure gaps….

By: Joseph Momoh, Daily Scope Reporter Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health has received 18,000 ampoules of Lassa fever medication donated by the Chinese Embassy, a move health officials say will strengthen the country’s readiness for potential outbreaks. The consignment is expected to close treatment gaps and improve protection for frontline workers and communities most at…

By: Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope Reporter The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has partnered with Farm Input Promotions Africa to deliver 5,000 improved chicks and poultry feed to smallholder farmers in five districts, marking a major push under the Small Pack Initiative. Under the program, 1,000 five-week-old chicks were distributed to each of Bo,…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter, Daily Scope Maputo, Mozambique Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency was represented at a high-level African Union meeting on disaster preparedness, as officials from across the continent gathered to advance multi-hazard early warning and early action systems. NDMA Deputy Director General Sulaiman B. Sowa attended the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System…

By Joseph Momoh, Reporter, Daily Scope A delegation from Caritas Freetown has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the country’s kush crisis after visiting the Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Youth Affected by Drugs centre in Makomba Village on Tuesday, 26 May 2026. Led by Board Chairman Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles, the team toured the facility off…