By: Saidu Jalloh, Reporter, D.S. On June 9, 2025, the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs (MoGCA) in Sierra Leone hosted a pivotal meeting at the Plan International conference hall, uniting government officials, a Moroccan delegation, and child rights organizations to discuss collaborative efforts aimed at improving child welfare. The Sierra Leonean delegation included Deputy…
By Saidu Jalloh, Reporter, D.S. The Sierra Leone government has evacuated all diplomatic staff from its embassy in Tehran, along with 36 Sierra Leonean students residing in Iran, due to escalating security concerns. The relocation took place on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, with all individuals safely brought to Armenia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
By: Joseph Momoh, Reporter, D.S. The World Bank has officially launched its Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), aimed at facilitating structured transformation and job creation in Sierra Leone as the nation seeks to achieve middle-income status. At the launch event, Ecobank Sierra Leone Managing Director Sebastian Ashong-Katai joined a panel of government officials and private sector…
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…
