[Nation] The Sierra Leone government has lifted a year-long restriction on foreign currency transactions.

[CPJ] Abuja -- Sierra Leone authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

[East African] Three top officials managing Sierra Leone's response to the Covid-19 pandemic have been detained by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged graft.

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has turned the sod to construct the country's first-ever Foreign Service Academy at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Freetown.

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned the first fish processing plant at the Sierra Fishing Company, east of Freetown, saying it will provide an established in-shore facility to add value to the huge ...

[Foroyaa] Sierra Leone authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed the media just outside the Presidential Palace in the capital, Libreville, and urged the continent to prioritise the African market and boost trade with itself.

[Sierra Leone Government] Her Excellency the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has presented their second-year report on the "Hands Off Our Girls" campaign to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House.

[Leadership] Yetunde Bolanle Oni has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone. Her appointment became effective November 2020. Yetunde joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2005 and brings a wealth of experience fr...

[Sierra Leone Government] The New Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission for the Eastern Region, Marian Sia Nyuma-Moijueh, has subscribed to the oath of office before His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio as required by law.

[Sierra Leone Government] The new executive of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone has called at State House to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio to introduce their new executive.

[DW] The West African nation's fight against corruption started bearing fruit when political will supported by international partners began mixing with digital technology. Can Sierra Leone be a model for the rest of Africa?

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Health worker Sherry Bangura survived Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014. Now he's on the frontlines fighting COVID-19 - and wants other survivors to do the same

[WHO] Freetown -- The Ministry of Health and Sanitation wishes to inform the general public that preliminary results from the investigations of children manifesting weakness of the limbs, referred to as 'Acute Flaccid Paralysis' (AFP) have led to the...

[Sierra Leone Government] Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday 14 December 2020 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined about 10 African heads of state and more than 300 dignitaries at the Presidential Palace for the swearing-in ceremony on...

[allAfrica] An excerpt from the CIVICUS Monitor report:

[Sierra Leone Government] Bintumani Hotel, Freetown, Friday 11 December 2020 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially closed the week-long forum on the future of education in the country, praised the efforts of the ministry of ed...

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has concluded his 3-day official visit to the Gabonese Republic where he met and had bilateral meetings with His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba and other senior government officials...

[Concord] With support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Family Health International 360 (fhi360), Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) yesterday unveiled a report in which it cataloged sustainability challenges of Civ...

[Concord] Dr. Samura Kamara was the standard bearer of the All Peoples Congress party in 2018 election

[Concord] In line with the one month WHO communication campaign on substandard and falsified medicines that was launched on the 30th October at its head office in Freetown, a team of regulators from the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) have on t...

[Concord] Justice Monfred Sesay has fixed December 15, 2020, as judgement day for seven accused persons, who are before the court for allegedly killing Zaioux Sesay on 12th February, 2017, at Hill Cut Road in Freetown.

[Concord] The Sierra Leone Police yesterday informed journalists at their George Street Headquarters, that they have arrested two men and a woman, who allegedly used motherly invectives and insulting conduct against President Julius Maada Bio in Make...

[Concord] People's Alliance for Reproductive Health Advocacy (PARHA) has yesterday engaged media practitioners on awareness raising, knowledge building and the manner in which journalists should report on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) ...

[Nation] The Sierra Leone government is moving ahead with a plan to expand its only international airport, laying to rest any hope of realising a contentious Chinese supported airport project.

[Concord] Sierra Leone has been grappling with various health emergencies for the past six years. With one of the poorest health infrastructures in Africa, the country was at first devastated by the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus in 2014, which ...

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has handed over 70 fishing boats to support 1,400 youths who live in 40 communities across the 7 coastal districts of Western Area Rural and Urban, Port Loko, Bonthe, Moyamba, Puj...

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched a Le3.5 billion Skills Development Fund to improve infrastructural improvements at the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology, MMCET, and pronounced it a f...

[East African] A group of fishmongers rush towards the dock at Freetown's Funkia Wharf at the sight of an approaching boat.

[Concord] United Nations Deputy Secretary-General (DSG), Ms. Amina J. Mohammed will arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Saturday, 14 November 2020, for a two-day official visit as part of her solidarity mission to West Africa and the Sahel region, ac...