Freetown, September 15, 2025 -A damning performance audit of the Freetown City Council (FCC) has revealed that over NLe 672,880.50 allocated for youth empowerment between 2021 and 2023 was largely misused, with no evidence of vocational training delivered, despite clear mandates to equip young people with skills in carpentry, tailoring, welding, driving, soap making, and sports.
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Freetown, September 15, 2025 – Sierra Leone’s informal economy continues to flow beneath the surface of official trade statistics, with new data from Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) revealing that unrecorded cross-border trade hit NLe24,089,399 in March 2024 alone. The findings, drawn from the 2024 Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) survey, underscore the scale and strategic importance of informal commerce between Sierra Leone and its neighboring countries.
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Freetown, 17 September 2025 — A heated public consultation convened by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs ended in uproar on Thursday, as residents of Sierra Leone’s capital city overwhelmingly rejected a government proposal to divide Freetown into separate administrative zones.
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Freetown, Thursday 18th September 2025 — President Julius Maada Bio has officially opened the newly constructed Sewa Grounds Market in central Freetown, marking a major milestone in efforts to modernize trading infrastructure and curb street vending in the capital.
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Freetown, September 15, 2025 – A performance audit into the Freetown City Council’s management of tied grants has revealed disturbing irregularities in the disbursement of youth start-up funds, raising serious questions about transparency, accountability, and the integrity of public spending.
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