By: Saidu Jalloh, Reporter On November 29, 2024, ChildFund Sierra Leone officially handed over modern educational facilities to Fourah Bay College (FBC) Secondary School. This initiative included a new three-classroom block, two solar-powered boreholes, and two gender-separated VIP latrines, aimed at increasing access to secondary education for out-of-school girls in the Western Area. The project is…
By: Elizabeth A. Kaine, Managing Editor Congo Town, Freetown – December 1st, 2024. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr held a crucial community engagement meeting today with residents of Congo Town to address ongoing concerns surrounding the Ephraim Robinson Municipal Primary School playground. The discussions focused on clarifying the playground’s management and usage amid recent developments that have…
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: Joseph Momoh, Reporter Songo Village, Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District – November 23, 2024 – In a landmark event for the nation’s industrial landscape, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio inaugurated Sierra Leone’s first-ever iron rod manufacturing factory, owned by Odhav Multi Industries (SL) Limited. This historic milestone is projected to save the country between…
By: Saidu Jalloh, Reporter The Deputy Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Sixth Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, has accused Socfin Agricultural Company Sierra Leone Limited of significant contract breaches and unlawful land encroachment in Pujehun District. This revelation came during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on November 13, 2024, held at the New Administrative Building…
By: Tommy Sidikie, Reporter On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Sierra Leone’s Parliament commenced its debate on the 2025 National Budget, formally known as the Appropriation Act 2025, under the theme “Improving the Well-Being and Quality of Life of Sierra Leoneans.” The proposed bill seeks to authorize expenditures from the Consolidated Fund for the fiscal year…
By: Joseph Momoh, Reporter As preparations accelerate for the 2025 Population and Housing Census, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has officially introduced Edouard Talnan as the Census Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) to Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL). The presentation took place at the Stats SL headquarters and was attended by key stakeholders, including UNFPA…
By: Elizabeth A. Kaine, Managing Editor Congo Town, Freetown – November 23, 2024. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr hosted a pivotal community engagement meeting with residents of Congo Town to address the saga surrounding the Ephraim Robinson Municipal Primary School playground usage and management. Accompanied by Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk, FCC Councillors, and key officials including the…
