Author: Truth Media

Freetown, 1st September 2025-  In every country or society, it is expected that hard work and qualifications should pave the way to success. In Sierra Leone the belief among the youth suggests otherwise. 9% of Sierra Leonean youth believe ‘juju’ & sex are key drivers of success.

Kenema, Sierra Leone, August 30, 2025 – The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) have confirmed the death of Reverend Father Augustine Dauda Amadu, a Catholic priest of the Immaculate Conception Church in Burma 3 Section, Kenema, following an overnight attack by unidentified armed men.

“I am worried about the future of journalism, especially as most legacy media are striving to establish a digital presence,” Dixon said. “The way the police are misusing the Cybersecurity and Crime Act 2021 is nothing short of a reincarnation of Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act, which criminalised free speech. Today it is Thomas Dixon, but tomorrow it could be another journalist.”

ASTANA, Aug. 28, 2025 — Kazakhstan and Sierra Leone have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties across diplomacy, trade, and humanitarian cooperation, following high-level talks between President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Musa Kabba.

 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.