Union says 12 dead after mass dismissals Diamond mine
At least 12 people have died following mass layoffs at diamond miner Koidu Holdings in eastern Sierra Leone, where nearly 900 workers were dismissed...
Freetown mayor halts street corpse collection amid Kush death surge
Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has suspended the city’s collection of unclaimed corpses found on the streets, citing an alarming rise in suspected Kush-related...
WAEC withholds results of 45-year-old candidate, family demands probe
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of a 45-year-old woman who sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE),...
ACC Returns Second Tranche of Stolen Funds to Freetown City Council
Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has returned a second cheque worth one million new leones — equivalent to one billion old leones — to...
Rights Group Accuses Judiciary of Undermining Transparency & Rule of Law
The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has accused Sierra Leone’s judiciary of undermining transparency and accountability by repeatedly failing to comply...
Statistics Office Engages Eastern Region Chiefs on 2026 Census Mapping
Sierra Leone’s national statistics agency, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL), has held a regional engagement with paramount chiefs and district authorities in the country’s...
