Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio and Gabon’s President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema have agreed to transform their longstanding friendship into a structured strategic partnership, following high‑level talks at State House in Freetown on Monday.
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Heavy rains lasting nearly seven hours in the early hours of Monday unleashed devastating flash floods and slope collapses across Freetown, leaving destruction in their wake and prompting an urgent emergency response from the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA).
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Sierra Leone’s hard-won economic stability is under fresh strain as the global oil crisis, triggered by Middle East tensions, forces the government to revise its 2026 budget. Finance Minister Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura told Parliament on Friday that the surge in international oil prices has “necessitated a revision of the original 2026 macro‑fiscal framework” to protect citizens and preserve budget credibility.
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Freetown, 3rd August, 2026 The Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) has announced the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to address the governance crisis following the disruption of the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).
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The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has announced the immediate closure of the Old Railway Line Bridge at Brookfields, Freetown, effective August 1, 2026, following expert inspections that revealed severe structural deterioration.
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