The National Revenue Authority (NRA), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has engaged business stakeholders on tax compliance, the use of Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs), and the Block Management System (BMS). The engagement, held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, brought together representatives from UNDP, GST-registered businesses, the Sierra Leone Importers Association and...

Flash flood sweeps away market women’s goods at dove cut. Blocked drains leave traders counting their losses On October 1, 2026 Market women at Guard Street, popularly known as Dove Cut Market, were left counting their losses on Thursday after a sudden flash flood swept through the busy market during heavy rainfall. The floodwater moved...

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, has called on international partners to provide sustained financing and political support for the country’s Triple Zero Campaign, saying recent gains in maternal and child health must become lasting improvements in care. Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Dr....

NONG OA, GUINEA A high-level Sierra Leonean government delegation on Thursday crossed into Guinea to meet Guinean authorities over the deadly boat accident at the Yenga-Nongoa border crossing that claimed three Sierra Leonean lives. The delegation was led by Resident Minister East, Hon. Engineer Fallah Tengbeh, and included Assistant Inspector General of Police East, Joe...

Alarm bells are sounding along Sierra Leone’s Peninsula Coast as severe coastal erosion and rising sea levels continue to wash away land, historical infrastructure, and vital livelihoods. Reflecting on the onset of the coastline’s degradation, one local resident recalled the sudden loss of vital access routes following heavy rainfall decades ago. In the year 1996,...

UN 30×30: Minister Jiwoh Leads Sierra Leone’s Conservation Drive

 By: Chloe Hughes Increasingly unpredictable seasons caused by climate change are reshaping how parks and green spaces should be cared for, a council has said. Shrewsbury Town Council said it had seen recent rapid grass growth due to an “unusually dry summer followed by warm, wet conditions”. The announcement comes following a summer of extreme...

By: Jigyasa Mishra Dhading; Rasuwa; Nuwakot, Nepal as nine-year-old Ram Thakur walked uphill with his mother and dozens of others fleeing floodwaters on August 26, he looked back and saw brown water surging up. So they started running. His mother, who had been holding his hand until then, helped him climb faster. Then, as the...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, has commended President Dr. Julius Maada Bio for Sierra Leone’s impressive progress in macroeconomic consolidation. Kristalina Georgieva made the remarks during a bilateral meeting with President Bio on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Monday, September 21, 2026, in New York, United States....

By: Kemo Cham Social Linkages for Youth Development and Child Like (SLDYCL) has renewed its call for the much-anticipated review of Sierra Leone’s drug laws through an appeal to the new head of the country’s anti-drug agency. The call was made through a policy brief presented to the recently appointed Executive Director of the National...