𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 Sierra Leone’s main diamond mining company is once again in the news, for heartless exploitation of locals. It should not be allowed to get away with it, as it did in 2008. In early 2010, my friend Mr. Abu Brima, the ever-resourceful Executive Director of the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), persuaded me during a …

My Fellow Sierra Leoneans; 1. It has been sixty-four years since our forbearers courageously led our beloved country to the shores of freedom and self-determination. They envisioned a Sierra Leone where every citizen could thrive in unity, freedom and justice. 2. Today, as we commemorate the 64th anniversary of our country’s independence, it is remarkable how as a people we …

Vatican City, 26 April 2025 – His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone joined over 250,000 mourners in St. Peter’s Square today to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis, the 266th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. The Requiem Mass, presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, drew dignitaries from more than 130 foreign delegations, …

Under the leadership of its CEO, Hisham Mackie, CTC Mining (SL) Limited has made significant contributions to the growth and development of Port Loko District. The company has made significant investments for community development in Maforki and Marampa Chiefdoms. CTC Mining (SL) Limited have hired and trained 292 Sierra Leoneans over the past two years and plans to expand their …

By Mohamed Fofanah ([email protected]) Lungi, Port Loko District – April 7, 2025 In a major step toward advancing food security and agricultural self-sufficiency in Sierra Leone, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, yesterday signed a landmark investment agreement with Pee Cee Holding Ltd (PCH), one of Sierra Leone’s leading consumer goods and agribusiness companies. …

KKY says Ambassador Alimamy Bangura should hands off Kambia politics because, he was (is) under police investigation for his alleged involvement in a cocaine trafficking scandal in Guinea, Conakry. Is that enough to stop d man from playing local politics in Kambia district where he is the elected SLPP District Chairman? Did Donald Trump stop campaigning for the Presidency of …

In an unusual angry outburst, former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has clarified that, he was not supporting any aspirant for the post of flag bearer of the APC party in 2028. He took a swipe at the defeated APC Presidential candidate in 2018 and 2023, Dr Samura Kamara, referring to him as “unreliable and selfish”. He further accused Dr …

A Ghanaian fraudster, one Thomas Abanga, pretending to be an international investor fled Freetown in September 2024, soon after his shell company was paid $60,000 to supply maize and soya beans for a Sierra Leonean owned poultry feed production organisation. In 2024, Mr Abanga touted himself as an international commercial farmer, looking to invest in the agricultural sector in Sierra …

The Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura, was yesterday relieved of his Ministerial duty by President Julius Maada Bio. He is (was) considered as one of President Bio’s blue-eyed boys. No reason was given for his sacking. However, many people believe that, his sacking had everything to do with lower-level elections violence in Tonkolili district where he is vying …

By 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 (A Review Essay on Ian Smillie, Under Development: A Journey Without Maps (London: Practical Action Publishing, 2024), 274 pages. At the beginning of this absorbing and insightful memoir, Ian Smillie says of ‘development’ that it is “an imprecise and much abused word whose meaning will, I hope, become clear as the clouds unfold.” But this is …