Sierra Leone’s mineral sector has generated a turnover of nearly $4 billion in export earnings over the past six years. Yet, less than 5% of that windfall has been reinvested into the country’s critical development sectors of education, healthcare, infrastructure. The rest? Lost in a legacy of weak contracts, opaque deals and decades of mismanagement dating back to the 1980s.
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14 media outlets across Sierra Leone, spanning radio, television, and print media have been awarded grants under the National Fund for Public Interest Media (NaFPIM). The funding aims to strengthen investigative journalism, amplify human-interest stories, and build newsroom capacity nationwide.
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Alexandria, Egypt – August 26, 2025 The Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) has taken a major step toward strengthening its maritime sector through a newly signed Protocol of Cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in Egypt.
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Freetown, 25th August 2025 -For more than two decades, the Granville Brook dumpsite locally known as “Bomeh”, has been a major waste disposal hub in Freetown. Located in the Kissy Dock Yard area along the busy Bai Bureh Road in the city’s east, Bomeh receives large volumes of municipal waste daily. But to the residents who live nearby, the site has become more than just a dumpsite, it is a constant source of health risks, unbearable discomfort, and deep frustration.
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Freetown, 25th August 2025 – Sierra Leone’s external financial position weakened in early 2025, as new data from the Central Bank reveals a 5.3% drop in remittances, a 2.45% decline in foreign reserves and a dramatic collapse in foreign exchange inflows, all pointing to mounting pressure on the country’s ability to meet international obligations.
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