By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter D.S In a significant diplomatic engagement, Sierra Leone’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Alpha Bah, met with his Gambian counterpart, Dawda Jallow, on February 13, 2025, to bolster bilateral cooperation and improve key governance sectors in both nations. The meeting underscored the mutual commitment to constitutional reforms, election management, and…
By Joseph Momoh, Reporter D.S Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Guinea, Alimamy Hassan Bangura, is en route to Freetown, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Kabba, following his release from nearly three weeks of house arrest in Conakry. Ambassador Bangura’s confinement was part of an ongoing investigation into a cocaine trafficking…
By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter D.S Port Harcourt International Airport was the scene of a significant drug trafficking arrest involving *Kargbo Mohamed Foday, a man holding a **Sierra Leonean passport. Foday arrived on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, with a stopover in Abuja. A body scan indicated the presence of ingested narcotics, leading to an…
By Joseph Momoh, Reporter D.S In Conakry, Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba met with Guinea’s Head of State, Col. Mamadi Dumbuya, to address a recent diplomatic impasse stemming from the seizure of cocaine linked to the embassy. According to reports from Sierraloaded, the high-level delegation, led by Minister Kabba, traveled to Guinea to investigate the January…
By Kadijatu Bangura, Reporter D.S Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba provided Parliament with a detailed update on the ongoing border dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea over the contested Yenga territory during an oversight committee meeting on Monday, February 3, 2025. Minister Kabba outlined the historical context of the dispute, noting that following the end of…
Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the country’s back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, died Thursday, aged 72, officials from his party, and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was…
By: Simeon Gbani, Reporter, Kabala The Sierra Leone Police, Kabala Division, has secured a two-year jail sentence for Alie Marah, a resident of Cow-Yard, after he was found guilty of tampering with an Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) transformer in Bilmaia. On October 13, 2024, Marah was arrested while in possession of equipment related…
By: Saidu Jalloh, Reporter The Embassy of Sierra Leone in Dakar is set to present an exhibition of Sierra Leonean art as part of the 15th edition of the Dak’Art Biennale. Scheduled for November 9, 2024, at the embassy premises, the exhibition aims to spotlight Sierra Leone’s rich cultural heritage on an international stage. Producer…
By: Tommy Sidikie Mohamed Sheriff, Information Attaché at the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Switzerland and the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, expressed enthusiasm for strengthening diplomatic ties with Switzerland following a recent meeting with Swiss officials. The meeting, facilitated by the Deputy Ambassador of…
A final-year student of the Freetown Polytechnic, Mohamed Jalloh, has made history by becoming the first-ever winner of the Mercury International Online Jackpot 1×2 promotion in Sierra Leone. At just 28 years old, Jalloh secured an impressive prize of Twenty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Eight United States Dollars (US$22,758.91), which amounts to Six Hundred and…
