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 …

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 …