Author: Truth Media

Freetown, 7th April 2026- A renewed call for deeper collaboration, sustained funding, and systemic reform dominated discussions in Freetown as Rainbo Initiative convened donors and stakeholders at a high-level roundtable, urging a shift from fragmented responses to a fully coordinated, survivor-centred system to tackle sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Sierra Leone.

Mile 91, 7th April 2026-  The United Nations Assistant Secretary‑General for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier, has urged Sierra Leonean students to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation as tools to transform the nation’s future.

Lungi, 7th April 2026 – A blunt warning has emerged from the Go Circular Week coastal engagement sessions: unchecked sand mining is eroding Sierra Leone’s coastline, undermining tourism, and trapping vulnerable communities in cycles of poverty.

Freetown, 7th April 2026- In a show of unity, all twenty‑two councillors of the Freetown City Council have declared their unwavering support for Mayor Yvonne Aki‑Sawyerr and her Deputy, Kweku Lisk, following allegations that four councillors accepted one hundred thousand new Leones each to impeach the Mayor.