Author: Truth Media

There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a conference room when someone says something everyone privately believes but no one has been willing to say aloud. That silence settled over the Young Africa Works Summit here this week, hosted by the Mastercard Foundation, as Sierra Leone’s Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Hon. Conrad Sackey, told a room full of ministers, industry executives and young Africans that the continent’s schools are, in his words, producing graduates for a world that no longer exists.

Freetown, 1st July 2026 – Sierra Leone has won continental recognition for its outstanding implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), following high-level meetings in Abuja and Lagos where the country’s progress was hailed as a benchmark for Africa’s integration agenda.

Abuja, Nigeria, 2nd July 2026 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio touched down in Abuja yesterday to attend the historic commissioning of the new ECOWAS Headquarters, a landmark complex hailed as the “Eye of West Africa.”

Sierra Leone’s thriving Plassas export trade has ground to a halt, leaving more than 50 farming families in Lungi and surrounding communities facing severe economic hardship.

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Ambassador Col. (Rtd.) Alhaji Fanday Turay Esq. as the outgoing Chancellor, Board Chairman 2024-2026, and four other Senior government officials were among the distinguished personalities honoured during the 20th Congregation Ceremony held in Ghana on Saturday, 27th June 2026 in recognition of their outstanding leadership, professional excellence, and contributions to the transport and maritime sectors.