Blind Schools Grapple with Inadequate Funds & Learning Materials
By: Emmanuel Mbowa Freetown, September 8th 2025- While the government continues to tout progress...
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Author: Truth Media
Sierra Leone Hosts Regional Workshop to Localize Global Development Goals
Freetown, September 9, 2025 – A three-day regional workshop aimed at bringing global development goals closer to local communities kicked off today at the New Brookfields Hotel. Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the event focuses on how Sierra Leone and other African nations can better implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 at the local level.
Read MoreNew School Year, Old Challenges: Can Schools Deliver Amid High Expectations?
As schools reopen across Sierra Leone, the air is thick with anticipation and anxiety. Parents, students, and teachers alike enter the new academic year with high hopes, but also with familiar burdens. While the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) continues to champion its Free Quality School Education (FQSE) program, the lived realities on the ground suggest that the promise of progress is still shadowed by persistent challenges.
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UniMak Revokes Degrees Over Falsified Transcripts in International Scholarship Scandal
The University of Makeni (UniMak) has withdrawn academic certificates from two former students following confirmed acts of academic fraud linked to an international scholarship scheme.
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Seaweeds Threaten Tourism and Local Livelihoods
Freetown, September 8th 2025-Freetown’s once-vibrant coastline is now choking under the weight of seaweed, stranded vessels and mounting debris, turning Aberdeen and Lumley beaches from tourist magnets into sanitation minefields. What was once a source of pride and income for local vendors, hoteliers, and tour operators is now a symbol of institutional neglect and environmental decay.
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