Author: Truth Media

Freetown, 27th November 2025- Sierra Leone has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the first and second reviews of its Extended Credit Facility (ECF)-supported program. Pending approval by the IMF’s Management and Executive Board, the deal will unlock about US$78.8 million in financing to support the country’s economic reforms.

Responding to concerns, Minister Bangura reiterated that the Finance Act is intended to raise revenue while minimizing burdens on citizens. He noted reforms in the petroleum sector’s marketing structure, which now ensures greater transparency in pricing. “Approval of this Bill will enable government to source revenue and render services to the people of Sierra Leone,” he said, reaffirming the administration’s commitment to easing economic pressures.

“We’ve clamoured, we’ve cried, and we’ve sought different avenues for these issues to be resolved. But to our greatest surprise, they’ve not been resolved,” explained Batholomew Tejan Janneh, a third‑year visually impaired student in the Faculty of Communication, Media and Information Studies.

Freetown, 26th, November  2025 -In a landmark ruling that sends a strong warning to the legal profession, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) has recommended that lawyer Mohamed Kroma be permanently removed from the Roll of Court and Bar of #SierraLeone after finding him guilty of “unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy” in his handling of a client’s house purchase transaction.

In January 2023, I arrived in beautiful Sierra Leone to assume my duties as Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone. Time flies and now I am about to bid farewell to my Sierra Leonean friends.