Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone opposition select candidate despite corruption charges

Freetown – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Monday named former foreign minister Samura Kamara as its presidential candidate... Read more

22 Feb, 2023

Freetown – When Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was elected mayor of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown in 2018, many saw the bright... Read more

28 Jan, 2023

Freetown – Sierra Leone passed a law on Thursday requiring public and private entities to reserve 30% of their... Read more

20 Jan, 2023

Turku – Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared on Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia’s... Read more

11 Jan, 2023

Freetown – A brawl broke out in Sierra Leone’s parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a proposed change to... Read more

25 Nov, 2022

Freetown – Sierra Leonean lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation to introduce a gender quota in parliament, a major campaign... Read more

16 Nov, 2022

Freetown – Twenty-seven civilians killed in August riots in Sierra Leone were buried on Monday in the capital Freetown... Read more

18 Oct, 2022

Freetown – Sierra Leone’s first professional women’s football league launched on Saturday with a match in the northern city... Read more

17 Oct, 2022

Freetown – Sierra Leonean police on Thursday summoned the mayor of the capital Freetown for questioning over allegedly obstructing... Read more

30 Sep, 2022

Freetown – Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank... Read more

17 Sep, 2022