Author: Truth Media

At a major international gathering on Africa’s future, a U.S.-based Catholic faith-based leader challenged global leaders to rethink a force often overlooked in policy circles: faith.

Freetown, 17th April 2026 – The Lawyers’ Society has noted, in a press release dated 16th April, 2026, that they firmly believed the comments made by Zainab Sheriff in the exercise of her right to expression and opinion should not have led to criminal prosecution, particularly in light of the fact that the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) had imposed a fine (the questionable legality of the fine notwithstanding) which was duly paid by the opposition party, the All People’s Congress (APC).

Freetown/Illinois, 17th April 2026-  Students from Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have jointly won Gold Distinction in the Multimedia Category at the 2026 Festival of Visual and Interactive Media, organized by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

Dakar, Senegal, 17th April 2026- The Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar has unveiled a new Biometric Consular Identification Card system for Sierra Leoneans living in Senegal, marking a major step in digitizing consular services and strengthening national documentation abroad.

Freetown, 16th April 2026 – The Chairman of Sierra Leone’s Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security (PI-CREF), Hon. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, has been appointed to a newly established High-Level Panel on Universal Energy Abundance.