Black Johnson Village, Western Area Rural District, 23rd April, 2026- Sierra Leone has launched construction of its first industrial fishing port, a project valued at US$55 million, funded through a grant from the Government of China.
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Freetown, 22nd April, 2026- Ahead of the signing of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has joined African civil society groups in demanding binding equity provisions to guarantee enforceable benefit-sharing during pandemics.
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Sierra Leone has taken another bold step toward unlocking its offshore petroleum potential, signing a Petroleum Licence Agreement (PLA) with Nigerian-based Marginal Energy Limited. The deal, announced at the Invest in African Energy Conference in Paris, grants the company exclusive rights to explore, develop, and produce hydrocarbons across five offshore blocks covering 6,800 square kilometres.
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In Freetown, vehicles passing through nighttime checkpoints are often waved on without proper inspection. At Congo Cross, just after 10:00 p.m. one evening in early April, a car crept forward under the glare of flashlights as it approached the barrier.
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Freetown, 23rd April 2026- A Sierra Leonean national has been sentenced to one month in jail or fined Ksh. 50,000, about 387 USD, after pleading guilty to being in Kenya illegally. The case, reported by Citizen Digital, has drawn attention for the unusual defence she offered in court.
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