[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve access to electricity in Sierra Leone and enhance institutional capacity and com...

[Sierra Leone Government] Accra, Ghana, Wednesday 27 January 2021 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has attended the state funeral of the late Flt Lt Jerry J. Rawlings, the first President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana who passed away ...

[Concord] Two accused, Abraham Mansaray and Ishmael Mansaray, have been taken to court by the Executive Director/Chairman of Freetown Cheshire Home, Dr. Abdulai Dumbuya, for allegedly breaking into his office and stole laptops.

[Concord] -17 sexual offences cases

[Concord] Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications Unit, Kailahun District Council, Luawa, Saturday 23rd January, 2021: On behalf of the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, one of the country's esteemed Supreme Court Justic...

[Concord] The Bank of Sierra Leone, which is the regulatory institution for all commercial banks in the country, has officially notified Concord Times that they are currently investigating Skye Bank where hundreds of cheques payable to Concord Times ...

[Concord] Members of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Commission for Social Action (NACSA) and Non-Governmental Organizations,have expressed dissatisfaction over the poor quality of furniture produced by Instant Construction and Gene...

[Concord] On Friday 22nd January, 2021, a private security guard, Musa Jabbie, employed by Raza Guest House has been issued with a bench warrant by Magistrate Mark Ngegba presiding at the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown after he jumped bail.

[Concord] In tandem with one of its mandate to prevent corruption, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Southern Regional Office has, on the 22nd January 2021, engaged newly recruited school inspectors in Bo District on ways to uphold integrity in th...

[Concord] In a bid to promote gender equality in the country, Don Bosco Fambul on Friday, 21st January, 2021, through their Home Plus project, certified 240 girls in various skills training.

[Concord] The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has on Friday, January 22nd launched the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) at New Brookfield Hotel in Freetown.

[Concord] A representative of top wealthy companies in the world operating in India and United Arab Emirates (UAE),has finally landed in Sierra Leone on Sunday , 24th January, after a three-year consideration with his partners.

[Civitas Maxima] The trial of Sierra Leonean national and Tampere resident, Gibril Massaquoi, will begin on 1st February 2021 before the Pirkanmaa District Courtin Finland, and is expected to last for several months. This follows today's indictment o...

[East African] Sierra Leone's capital Freetown goes into a two-week lockdown starting Monday, as the government revises measures to contain the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

[Nation] Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday called on the sub-regional bloc Ecowas (Economic Community of West African States) to intervene in a potential conflict between his country and its neighbour Guinea.

[allAfrica] The city of Freetown has become one of five across the world to receive an award to help it expand a waste-management scheme aimed at helping young people in informal settlements to make a living and improve public health amid the challen...

[Sierra Leone Government] The leadership of the Public Service Commission, PSC, has called at State House to present their biennial report for 2018-2020 to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio.

[Sierra Leone Government] His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has graced the inauguration service of the new executive of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone at their Circular Road church in Freetown.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Armed Forces of Liberia is continuing its patrol along the Liberian borders with Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone as part of its statutory mandate in protecting the territorial limit of the country.

[Sierra Leone Government] Saint Paul's Cathedral Catholic Church Kenema, Saturday 9 January 2020 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has paid a tribute to the former Sierra Leone Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, Peter Joseph Francis, w...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The United States has strengthened a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making prosecutions easier - a step campaigners hope will bolster global efforts to eradicate the practice.

[Sierra Leone Government] Accra -- His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined other colleague heads of state in attendance at the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Dankwa Addo Akufo...

[DW] Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation in Africa. Despite decades of campaigns, the traditional practice has hardly declined. This doesn't deter Rugiatu Turay from fighting cutting.