Author: Truth Media

Freetown, 18th August 2025 -For many young Sierra Leoneans, the United States has long represented the ultimate academic dream, a place where hard work and ambition could lead to global opportunities. But that dream is beginning to unravel, as recent U.S. visa restrictions cast a dark cloud over the hopes of students who have spent years preparing for life-changing educational journeys abroad.

Freetown, 18th August 2025- In January 2024, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation announced a sweeping directive: commercial tricycles locally known as kehkehs, along with motorbikes (okadas), pushcarts (omorlankays) and other unauthorized public transport would be barred from major Freetown roads during the day. The move, officials said, was intended to improve road safety, ease gridlock, and restore order on the city’s busiest corridors.

By [email protected] Freetown, 18th August 2025 – It was 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 1st July ...