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By Saidu Jalloh reporter D.S The British High Commission has dismissed comments attributed to UK diplomats in a Global Times article on British visa policy, saying it was never contacted by the newspaper and was “surprised” by the publication. In a statement issued Monday, the High Commission said it had no involvement in the article…

By Kadijatu Bangura reporter D.S The Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Agency have moved to reassure the public that the risk of Hantavirus infection in Sierra Leone remains minimal, following global alerts linked to an outbreak aboard an international cruise ship. In a joint statement released Friday, health officials said they are…

By Saidu Jalloh reporter D.S Sierra Leone has renewed its pledge to uphold international disarmament efforts after Ambassador Philip Bob Jusu formally presented his credentials to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague. Ambassador Jusu, who also serves as Sierra Leone’s envoy to Belgium, was received by OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias…

By Joseph Momoh reporter D.S Field Marshal Lord David Richards, whose decisive military command helped turn the tide of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war, has returned to Freetown more than two decades after leading the landmark British intervention that secured the capital. Now Baron Richards of Herstmonceux and elevated to the honorary rank of Field…

By Saidu Jalloh Daily Scope – Freetown President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday called for stronger use of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff and a region-wide shift to digital customs systems, saying outdated border controls cannot match 21st-century threats. Speaking at the 32nd Conference of Directors General of Customs of the World Customs Organization for…

By Kadijatu Bangura Daily Scope – Freetown China has restated its support for Sierra Leone’s drive to modernize its power sector and expand electricity access, following talks between Ambassador Zhao Yong and Energy Minister Cyril Grant in Freetown on Thursday, 7 May 2026. During a courtesy call at the Ministry of Energy’s conference room, Ambassador…

By Kadijatu Bangura Daily Scope – Freetown More than 10 people are feared dead after a shipping container toppled onto victims along the Rokel–Waterloo Highway on Thursday, plunging the community into mourning. The incident occurred in Rokel near the Rokel Container terminal. Initial reports put the death toll at six, but updated accounts from the…

By Saidu Jalloh Daily Scope News Sierra Leone has launched a preliminary inquiry into reports that a vessel intercepted by Spanish authorities with a large cocaine haul may have departed Freetown on 22 April 2026. The Office of National Security, in a press release issued Wednesday, 7 May, said it has not received formal notification…

By Kadijatu Bangura, Daily Scope News Sierra Leone has cut its maternal death rate sharply in recent years, but experts warn that too many women still face life-threatening risks in pregnancy and childbirth. Isata Dumbuya, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at Partners in Health Sierra Leone, told a Ministry of Information…