Sierra Leone and African Development Bank Target $90 Billion in Annual Illicit Financial Flows

A four-day high-level seminar concluded last week with concrete recommendations to combat the estimated $90 billion that Africa loses annually to illicit financial flows, as the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Sierra Leone Government …

Sierra Leone’s Digital Transformation “Expanding, Deepening” – Communications Minister Salima Bah

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation, Salima Bah, emphasized the nation’s progressing digital transformation in an interview with TechCabal on Friday, July 25, 2025. Minister Bah stated that the country’s digital efforts are …

World Bank Warns of Growing Digital Divide in Sierra Leone Due to Low National ID Ownership

A new World Bank report has raised concerns over Sierra Leone’s widening digital and financial divide, linking it directly to the country’s low rates of national ID ownership. The Global Findex Report, which monitors financial access in over 120 countries, …

How We Are Stopping Inflow of Deadly Drugs into Sierra Leone – Police Spokesperson

The Assistant Commissioner of Police and Head of Media in Sierra Leone Police Force, Brima Kamara, has said that the issue of harmful drugs in the country is not as serious or widespread as it is often believed to be. He made this known during an interview …

Parliament Pass Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission Act

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday, 24 July 2025, debated and unanimously passed into law, with some amendments, the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission Act 2025. Key provisions in the Act included the establishment of a …

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to U.S. Presents Letters of Credence to President Trump

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States, Amara Sheikh Mohammed Sowa, has officially presented his Letters of Credence to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, formally accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. In a ceremony held on …

Sierra Leone U-20 Defender Abraham Kanu Joins Forest Green Rovers on Loan

Forest Green Rovers have confirmed the signing of young defender Abraham Kanu on a season long loan from Reading FC for the 2025/26 campaign. Abraham is a 20-year-old Football plyer, born in England on 2005, who plays as a Defender for Reading FC in …

Home-grown solutions: Sierra Leone’s school meals start a new chapter

Sierra Leone's farmers, like Isata Feika Sesay, are increasingly growing the food their children eat at school. Photo: WFP  In Sierra Leone’s northern Kambia district, the morning sun casts a golden hue over a milling hub, where farmer Isata Feika …

Rwanda set up T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier final with Sierra Leone

CDC Issues Warning to Americans Traveling to Sierra Leone and Two Other Countries

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel health alert advising American citizens to take enhanced precautions when traveling to Sierra Leone, following an outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the country. …