Hello everyone, and at long last, happy New Year! Today, as we look towards a new year, full of possibilities and optimism, we also have to reflect on the year we just had. And what a year it has been. It's been tough. The virus has affected all...

Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by Brittle Paper. In 2017 she had a DAAD Artist-in-Res...

New Year's broadcast to the nation by His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1st January, 2021 Fellow Citizens: 1. 2020 has been an exceptional year – a year in which the raging worldwide COVID-19...

By Expo Moriba Bockarie, Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone As part of the women's wing of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party, Kenema district, the Chief Executive Officer National Public Procurement Authority Ibrahim Brima Swarray (photo) has donate...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group (https://www.IsDB.org/) hosted a webinar on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global investment outlook, which was organized in collaboration between the United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel...

Contributed Sad to report the death of the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to Kenya, Peter John Francis., the elder brother of the Chief Minister Professor David John Francis. He died in Kenema on Monday December 28, 2020. Photo: The late High Comm...

Contributed By Brima Orfeh Fofanah, USA A lot, or should I say, too much has been made of the shortage of cash in the banks. As frustrating and inconvenient as this situation may be, we should try to be measured in our criticism of the Bank Gover...

Skin-bleaching on the increase in Sierra Leone: Will skin cancer be avoided? By Teddy Foday-Musa, Freetown, Sierra Leone Intro. This article was first published in 2008 to serve as a deterrent to skin-bleaching in Sierra Leone. But after more than...

Broadcast to the nation by His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, 23 December, 2020 Nearly eighteen years ago, Sierra Leoneans laid down arms and embraced one another. Over the last eighteen years, we have d...

Commentary By Vandy Kanyako, Portland, USA The phrase “Missing laptops” is trending on Sierra Leone social media, for a good reason. Partly due to the robust intervention of the ACC, Pictures and video clips of boxes of laptops, with some of t...