Concerns raised over West African women trafficked in Oman
Dakar – A migrant workers’ rights organisation has sounded the alarm over alleged trafficking of Sierra Leonean women in... Read more
7 Sep, 2022
Eight dead in Sierra Leone landslide, floods
Freetown – Eight people have been killed and more than 800 displaced by torrential rain and a landslide in Sierra... Read more
30 Aug, 2022
Sierra Leone families arrive to identify loved ones killed in protests
Freetown – The families of Sierra Leoneans who died in protests against the spiralling cost of living arrived at... Read more
23 Aug, 2022
Five years on from deadly Sierra Leone mudslide, risks remain
Freetown – Five years after a devastating mudslide killed more than a thousand people in Sierra Leone’s capital, conservationists... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Sierra Leone opposition demands probe over deadly protest
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party is calling for an independent probe into last week’s deadly clashes and... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Calm returns to Sierra Leone as protest death toll rises
Freetown – Calm returned to Sierra Leone on Thursday a day after an economic protest spiralled into violence the... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Two police officers killed in Sierra Leone economic protests
Freetown – Two police officers were killed on Wednesday in Sierra Leone after a protest against “economic hardship” descended... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Seaweed onslaught disrupts Sierra Leone fishing and tourism
Freetown – A mass of brown seaweed has for weeks choked the coastline of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, damaging... Read more
26 Jul, 2022
Sierra Leone moves to decriminalise abortion
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s government has approved a draft law that would decriminalise abortion in a country with one... Read more
3 Jul, 2022
Sierra Leone slashes ‘zeros of shame’ from banknotes
Freetown – Sierra Leone on Friday introduced a new family of banknotes, stripping three zeros off the leone, in... Read more
2 Jul, 2022
