President Julius Maada Bio has formally turned on the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea, CLSG, the Electricity Interconnection line at Teloma, which will supply power to the country’s south and east. According to TRANSCO CLSG, the regional power interconnection facility owner and transmission service provider, the project in Sierra Leone entails the construction of approximately 530km of […]

A young man in the streets of Freetown’s Susan’s Bay, or Allen Town neighborhoods, might dream of escaping his circumstances by becoming a media star. Perhaps he lives for the day when he can become a TV sports presenter, an actor, a director, or a screenwriter. His dreams may be shared by many other young

The shooting and subsequent murder of SLPP Young Generation member Mohamed Koroma alias Don Pole at the party headquarters in Freetown on June 29, 2021 has taken an unexpected turn. Preliminary investigations by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) revealed that Don Pole was shot by Sierra Leone Police (SLP) troops acting on the orders of

Alhaji Kanja Sesay, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, has stated that electricity and energy are significant driving forces in any country’s socio-economic development and has implored the House of Parliament to ratify a Power Purchase Agreement relating to the 148.5MW Freetown Generation Project, which was laid before the Honorable House on December 16, 2021. President

I am aware that some of us may have forgotten or in fact are not familiar with the enviable designation of Sierra Leone as the Athens of West Africa, for its role as the epicentre of higher learning in both its African and International context. Today however, not only have we lost that pivotal role,