Author: Truth Media

WIMSAL Leads ECOWAS Petition Following Journalist’s Dismissal

Freetown, September 22nd 2025 — In what it considers a move to confront gender-based discrimination in the media, Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights have jointly filed a petition to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on behalf of Sierra Leonean journalist Umu Thoronka, who they say was unlawfully dismissed from the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).

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DNA to Decide: Two Families Claim Baby in Freetown

Freetown, September 22nd 2025- Three months after a newborn baby mysteriously went missing at Princess Christian Maternity Hospital PCMH – Cottage in Freetown, the Government of Sierra Leone confirmed that the baby  was  found. However, a new twist has emerged: two families are now claiming to be the rightful parents of the child.

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