Kenema Council Holds FY 2027 Bilateral Budget Discussions The Kenema City Council hosted a Bilateral Budget Discussion at the City Council Hall on Maada Bio Street to review performance and formulate budget priorities for the 2027 Financial Year (FY 2027). The consultative engagement convened council leadership, devolved sector representatives, Ministry of Finance officials, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), students, media members, and community stakeholders. Welcoming att

Benga’s UMA School Urgently Needs Major Structural Rehabilitation Pupils, educators, and community leaders in Benga are raising an urgent alarm over the deteriorating state of the United Muslim Association (UMA) Primary School, calling for immediate intervention to rebuild its crumbling infrastructure. Serving children from Benga and surrounding villages—including Kebawana, Soso, and Yonkador—the institution faces severe physical challenges that threaten both safety and learn

Retired Officers Tour RSLAF Agricultural Development Sites A delegation of retired general ranking and senior officers from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) conducted a national tour of military agricultural developments on Saturday, October 2, 2026. The inspection aimed to evaluate progress across several key farming initiatives launched by the armed forces. Accompanied by Chief of Army Staff Major General Kemoh Tewoh Sesay, the veterans inspected active cro

Finance Minister Pledges to Complete ICASL MOU Finance Minister Kerefa A. F. Kargbo has committed to expediting the completion and signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sierra Leone (ICASL). Minister Kargbo announced the commitment during a courtesy visit on Monday, October 5, by the executive leadership of ICASL at his office in Freetown, where key areas of institutional collaboration were discussed. The propos

Stats SL Receives 25,000 Tablets Ahead of December Census Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has received 25,000 branded tablets, power banks, and protective cases at Tower Hill in Freetown as preparations intensify for the December 2026 Population and Housing Census. The consignment, fully procured with funding from the Government of Sierra Leone, brings the total number of census tablets to 29,000 following the delivery of 4,000 units in 2025 for national cartographic mappi