Freetown Daily Newspaper

The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) on Monday 14th September, 2026 began a 5-day regional workshop on Women in Leadership: Understanding Gender Dynamics in the Workplace. The programme was held at the Sierra Palms Hotel in Freetown bringing together participants from West African countries, including Liberia, Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria and Sierra [...]

The Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) has concluded a high-level engagement with Produce exporters in Kenema, agreeing a set of actions to strengthen market integrity, improve quality, accelerate traceability and enhance the competitiveness of Sierra Leone’s produce sector. The engagement brought together PMB, produce exporters and representatives of the Sierra Leone Cocoa Exporters Council (SLCEC), to discuss critical [...]

By Mohamed Isnail Kamara Executive Director Ecoprobe Africa The Netherlands I came back after two years, and I am still in shock. This once-historic city has not just stopped growing; it has decided to roll down the hill and sit in the mud. We are not a city anymore; we are a giant, open-air garbage [...]

By Mohamed Konneh The cameras caught it all. But the picture only tells half the story. After two years apart, two men who once sat on opposite sides of Sierra Leone’s political divide stood in one room at State House, in Freetown. President Julius Maada Bio, in royal Gray Suit and a fanando cap, opened [...]

By Mohamed Konneh With funding from GIZ, Women on Mining and Extractives (WOME) on Wednesday 2nd September 2026 launched a research report on the Sub-National Mining Payments and Community Development funds. The launching done at the CCSL Conference Hall on Kingharman Road in Freetown, was title: Assessing the Capacity, Transparency, Accountability, and Gender Responsiveness of [...]

By Millicent Senava Mannah FirstBank Sierra Leone has successfully concluded its 2026 Junior Internship Programme (JIP), an initiative aimed at exposing young people to the banking industry while equipping them with practical knowledge and skills for the future. The two-week programme, held from August 11 to August 21, 2026, brought together 17 pupils between the [...]

By SAHR ERIC DUMBAR MATTURI A stolen AK47 alleged to have been stolen by a prostitute (Raray girl) has been arrested at Ferry Junction checkpoint while police were on duty. The weapon according to information was in the possession of one Ibrahim Badamasi of No. 26 Kissy Bye Pass Road in Freetown. Police at the [...]

Reflection by Rev. Fr. Peter Konteh The concerns raised by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen about third-country deportation agreements compel us to reflect upon a painful paradox of history. Sierra Leone—and particularly Freetown—has long been associated with the resettlement of formerly enslaved and displaced Africans: * In 1787, several hundred formerly enslaved and poor Black people [...]

The Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Kono University of Science and Technology (KUST), Prof. Tamba Jamiru, acting on behalf of the University Administration and Senate, profoundly expresses his sincere thanks and highest appreciation to the Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Amb. Tamba Lamina, and the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. [...]

Agriculture is increasingly taking centre stage in Sierra Leone’s rural development conversation, with the Jagaban Rural Agriculture Foundation expanding grassroots activities aimed at strengthening farming communities, improving food production, and supporting farmers across several districts. Under the leadership of Mohamed Omodu Kamara, popularly known as Jagaban, a leading flagbearer aspirant of the All People’s Congress [...]

Dr. Ibrahim Bangura, leader of the DIB Movement and flagbearer aspirant for the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC), has appealed for restraint and judicial clarity following Parliament’s passage of the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill 2025, describing the development as a matter of considerable national importance. In a detailed statement issued over the [...]

By Komba Fillie The Budget Advocacy Network on Tuesday 18th August 2026 concluded a one-day comprehensive training for members of the Inter-Religious Council on Public Financial Management at the Council of Churches conference hall in Freetown, marking a significant step towards strengthening grassroots oversight of public resources in Sierra Leone. Making his presentation, National Coordinator, [...]

By Komba Fillie A cloud of uncertainty now hangs over the Ministry of Energy as the ECOWAS-funded Solar Streetlight Contract payment faces a critical impasse, leaving the contractor with only half of his money despite completing the installation of 93 solar streetlights in Lungi. The contractor, Mr. Sesay, who successfully installed the solar streetlights under [...]