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 …

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 …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Mrs Nabeela Farida Tunis, has positioned the country as an emerging and compelling tourism destination on the global stage. Speaking at the ITB High Level Ministerial Global Roundtable: “Next Chances, Next Challenges”-chaired by CNN’s Richard Quest- Mrs. Tunis described Sierra Leone as “the new kid on the block” in tourism and a …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐮 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 Soldiers and their dependants at Wilberforce, Juba and Murray Town Barracks can now breathe a sigh of relief as the perennial water crisis in these various Army barracks is now a thing of the past, as the Deputy Minister of Defence Col. (Rtd) MB Massaquoi on Tuesday, 4th March, 2025 did a symbolic commissioning of solar …

In a heartwarming act of generosity, a humanitarian from the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has donated Le30,000 to a primary school in Constituency 045. The donation is aimed at constructing a fence around the school, which is located dangerously close to a busy street along the Fadugu/Kabala highway. The fence will serve to protect pupils from vehicle accidents while …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 In the wake of contentious lower-level elections in Kono District, SLPP Chairman Saffea Lesley Moiwa is reaffirming his commitment to promoting peace and unity, even as the community confronts a petition demanding electoral transparency and accountability. Following the Sierra Leone People’s Party lower-level elections, several petitions have been submitted to the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 ‘’I am here to visit you, to introduce the Tripartite Secretariat to you, and to track and coordinate with you in the implementation of the tripartite recommendations relative to your institutions. I am aware you are germane in this process, and my understanding is that you have begun implementing some of the recommendations bordering on your …